“Speak tenderly to
Jerusalem. Tell her that her sad days are gone and her sins are
pardoned..." Isaiah 40:2 (NLT)
If you haven't read Isaiah 40 lately, I suggest you do so. The Lord used it this morning to encourage me so so much. Here are the verses that stuck out to me the most.
"He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms,holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young." Isaiah 40:11 (NLT)
What a beautiful picture. I feel like the Lord Jesus is holding me in His arms today, speaking tenderly to me while He renews my strength.
"O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding." Isaiah 40:20-21 (NLT)
It is a dark place when you think the Lord does not see your troubles. The Lord revealed to me a couple nights ago that I was believing the lie that He didn't care about me. As I reject that lie I can see the the Lord is the everlasting God and He loves His children with an everlasting love. He never grows weak or weary. He never gives up on me.
"He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary." Isaiah 40:29-31 (NASB)
He gives strength to the weary. That is a promise I need right now. Those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength. So, it may not be in our timing, we will have to wait on Him. But He WILL give us strength. He delights to give His strength to the weary because we know it's not us, we don't have any strength of our own, we are fully dependent upon the grace of God to strengthen us.
I think that is my new theme: I am absolutely fully dependent upon the grace of my God. I am empty. I am weak. I am weary. But in my God is fullness, strength, and rest. I praise Him that He can do much with an empty vessel.
If you haven't read Isaiah 40 lately, I suggest you do so. The Lord used it this morning to encourage me so so much. Here are the verses that stuck out to me the most.
"He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms,holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young." Isaiah 40:11 (NLT)
What a beautiful picture. I feel like the Lord Jesus is holding me in His arms today, speaking tenderly to me while He renews my strength.
"O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding." Isaiah 40:20-21 (NLT)
It is a dark place when you think the Lord does not see your troubles. The Lord revealed to me a couple nights ago that I was believing the lie that He didn't care about me. As I reject that lie I can see the the Lord is the everlasting God and He loves His children with an everlasting love. He never grows weak or weary. He never gives up on me.
"He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary." Isaiah 40:29-31 (NASB)
He gives strength to the weary. That is a promise I need right now. Those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength. So, it may not be in our timing, we will have to wait on Him. But He WILL give us strength. He delights to give His strength to the weary because we know it's not us, we don't have any strength of our own, we are fully dependent upon the grace of God to strengthen us.
I think that is my new theme: I am absolutely fully dependent upon the grace of my God. I am empty. I am weak. I am weary. But in my God is fullness, strength, and rest. I praise Him that He can do much with an empty vessel.
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