Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, “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 faint.
ISAIAH 40:27-31
God knows me better and understands me better than I do myself. That was not made obvious to me more now than ever before. Even before I know what I need to hear, He says it. Even before I know I’m tired or weary, He strengthens me.
Today He gave me the above passage and by the time I read the 2nd line, tears were already falling. Had I been complaining? Had I began to think that ‘my cause was disregarded by my God’? Yes I had. Not consciously but it had started. With the change in the way I prayed. From confidence in Him and His promises and the fact that it will come to pass, I had become a beggar who didn’t think I’d get the whole meal and just settled for scraps thrown off the table. I didn’t think I’d ever see those promises. It sounds melodramatic and it is. Maybe that’s why I didn’t acknowledge this change of attitude- I hate melodramatic behavior. But God has answered even before I raised the question consciously.
When did I start doubting Him? Hasn’t He always come through? Has He ever failed? He WILL come through. It’s in His very nature to remain faithful to His word, to perform it. Because of this, my hope is renewed. What is faith but being sure of what we hope for. So before faith, their is hope and surety in that hope is faith. What is the point of faith if you have seen that which you hope for? No, faith brings that which you hope for into existence.
So I will HOPE
and I will have FAITH
and I will SEE
For He has promised. And He is FAITHFUL
