But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, not faint" (Isaiah 40:31).For 5 Sundays we have been looking at the plans of God for each destiny and I believe the impact is beginning to manifest in our life. Today, the message is titled ‘PRINCIPLE OF WAITING ON GOD’, permit me to expose the mystery to you, Isaiah 40:31.
I. FOR THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD- THEY WILL HAVE INWARD STRENGTH: vs 31A
He is not talking about physical strength here, but he is talking about moral strength.
The people in Isaiah’s day were in captivity, they needed inward strength to give them power over temptation.
According to Ephesians 6:10, God commands us to be strong Christians.
As Christians God wants us to rely on Him, in whatever we are doing. As we look to Him, He will give us the strength to continue even when we are tempted to give in. There are times when we want to Look back to throw in the towel, yet when we look to our Lord, he will RENEW our strength.
The devil will come to you with his temptation, but remember the words of I John 4:4-”greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
Daniel had that inner strength from God, that is the reason he was able to No to sin.
2- FOR THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD- THEY WILL HAVE UPWARD STRENGTH:
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; 31B
There are many ups and downs in this life that we live. But God will give us victory over the downs if we learn to wait on him.
And so it is with us in the Christian life. When we first become Christians we feel protected in the nest, but God soon takes us out of it, so that he can teach us to "soar on wings like eagles"
The eagle doesn’t like the mud and filth of this world, if you look for him, he will be on the highest mountain.
John 15:19-If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
We must recognize that our upward strength is a gift from God, and, unfortunately, sometimes we don’t seek it.
Colossians 3:2-Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3. FOR THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD- THEY WILL HAVE OUTWARD STRENGTH
they shall run, and not be weary; 31C
Gal. 6:9-And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Notice he didn’t say sit but they that run.
Sometimes we as Christians want to sit, not get involved in the work of the Lord. And yet there are those who are involved and running for the Lord but they get weary.
Gal. 5:7-Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Have you stopped running for Jesus? Well the Lord is the Cure.
many are jumping out of the the Lord’s work. They become weary or discouraged because of the circumstances and bail out on God.
4. FOR THOSE WAIT ON THE LORD- THEY WILL HAVE ONWARD STRENGTH
and they shall walk, not faint 31D
God will give us strength to serve Him all the days of our life. It is part of waiting and in doing this, we are promoted by God, this enables us to obedient, Deut 28:1. All promotion is with God, Deut 8:12, Psalm 75:4-7.
GOD TELL US ALSO TO GO ON
God help us not be like Demas, Paul’s companion who left Paul and quit the Lord’s work in the middle of it. But help us to be life Paul and faithful until the finish line.
7 Years ago, I read about two runners in Cuba who were leading in the race. But just as they came close to the finish line, they both fell and passed out and lost the race.
WITH GOD HELP WE CAN MAKE THE FINISH LINE.
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