“My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”?
Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. - Is 40: 27-31 NIV
Who hasn't felt weary at some point in time? Who hasn't thought that they could go on no longer? Perhaps we all haven't crouched in a corner, knees so week they could not longer carry us, bent over in pain from crying too many tears. Perhaps we haven't all knelt and cried for deliverance. Perhaps we haven't all held the hand of a dying loved one or sat in a hospital waiting room dreading to hear the news we knew was coming. If we haven't experienced those things yet, it's because we haven't lived long enough. None of us have lives that are exempt from pain. None of us have lives of perfect strength. God sees it all, he knows it all and he never grows weary unlike his creation.
Even young people get weary, even they stumble and fall; but those that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. Waiting, that's the thing we need to know how to do well. Teach us Lord to wait.
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