Strength!

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 you are young. The Bible also testifies to this in part when it says that the glory of the youth is their strength. If you seek both great virtues as well as terrible vices in abundant supply, look no further than the youths. The youths constitute the bulk of the employable workforce; they are mostly the matchsticks you need to start a mass movement, and they are also 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 is 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 guile 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 types of 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 and that of His disciples with money found in the mouth of a fish; He is 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 is also no earthly law that can explain or prevent the operation of heavenly laws. There is no merit or qualification when it comes to having access or being entitled to God's endowments. He gives it as he pleases and as I walk with him, my own weaknesses become evident and my need for His help becomes obvious. I must never think that I can help myself in any way. There is nothing in me that can take me where God intends. It is only God who can bring me to the place he' has prepared for me with the resources he alone has. As I wait on him, His strength becomes mine, and I am empowered to do great things for him. Outside of him, I am nothing, no matter what the world thinks I have. Looking for strength, wisdom, favour or guidance? Find God, find all you need. God's  time of favour is here.