True Strength

Isaiah 40:30-31 NIV:
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.

It has been said several times that the best time to serve God is when yoy are young. The Bible testifies to that in part when it says that the glory of the youth is their strength. When you are looking for both virtues and vices in abundant supply, look no further than the youths. They constitute the bulk of the employable workforce, they are the matchsticks you need to start a mass movement, and they are the raw materials for an active revolution and rebellion. The age of the youth is a delicate one: most believe that at this age, there's practically nothing you wish to do that you cannot accomplish.
Let me introduce you to a verse that nullifies that thought: there are circumstances that strength cannot unravel; there are knotty issues that human wisdom and guike cannot resolve; there are situations that will test the foundation of your faith and principles which have nothing to do with the number of your days or with the amount of white hair that you have. It is in these situations that the verses above make sense.
These verses encourage us to look beyond our physical, emotional and physiological attributes and strengths and look to the One who can dispense with all our strengths just to prove a point.  He is the One who can use simple, weak things to silence the strong, or use foolish things to shame the wise. He is the One who paid his tax with money found in the mouth of a fish and the one who once made an iron axe-head float on water. There is no law of science that would make man walk on water but there's no earthly law also that can explain or prevent the operation of heavenly laws. There's no merit or qualifications when it comes to entitlement of God's endowments. He gives it as he pleases and as we walk with him, our own weaknesses become evident and our need for His help becomes obvious.
We must never think that we can help ourselves in any way. There's nothing in us that can take us where God intends. It is only God who can bring us to the place he's prepared for us with the resources he alone has. As we wait on him,  his strength becomes ours and we are empowered to do great things for him. Outside of him, we are nothing, no matter what the world thinks we have.
Looking for strength, wisdom, favour or guidance? Find God, find all you need. His time of favour is here.