IDOK DEVOTION FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010
FOR PRAYER AND PRAISE:
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On page 142, of John 90 Days with the Beloved Disciple, Beth (Moore) wrote:
“Lord God, in those times when I fight to reconcile the facts of life with the words of faith, I depend on the fact that You give strength to the weary and strengthen the powerless. Youths may faint and grow weary, and young men stumble and fall, but those of us who trust in You will renew our strength. We will walk and not faint (Isa. 40:29-31)–not just when things are going well but when everything inside me feels like giving up and shutting down.
Can we amen that? And yet would you agree there are a lot of weary people among us? Would you agree there are a lot of earth bound ‘eagles’ walking among us rather than soaring the heights? And wouldn’t you agree there’s a bunch of folks just down right tired? Do we not hear it over and over professed from our mouths … how tired we are?
Why?
Isaiah 40: (New American Standard Bible) 29He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. 30Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, 31Yet 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.
Is this Passage of Scripture true or not? Of course it is! So what’s the problem? What’s up with all these fatigued Christians?
31Yet 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.
And there is our answer. Those who wait for the LORD gain new strength. And that word wait is a mighty word in Hebrew. It’s a waiting that means looking for with an expectant hope. That’s some powerful waiting and the Holy Spirit of God within us can wait that way … right?
So!
Tired? Weary? Ready to give up?
And now for the question: Am I waiting for the LORD? Or am I just waiting?
I’m saying it again, ABBA, I am grateful for Beth and the ministry and the Word You have given her. I am grateful that she has disciplined herself and sat before You to receive it and then disciplined herself to pass it on to us. And as she said no prayer said for her is wasted; so thank You and be HUGE on her behalf today.
And, ABBA, be HUGE for all our IDOKs; inspire us to wait for You that we be not weary and tired and struggling, seeing no way but to give up. Let us not give up anything but sin. Let us refuse to keep on struggling in our own flesh. And we pray now for our Praying For These names; we’ve remembered them by name to You and we are trusting You to do Your Best for them and we pray that Your Best will be welcomed by them. We pray for our IDOK Troops too and we ask for safety and protection for them again today and for safe returns home. Again we pray for the peace and safety of Israel and the repentance and salvation of America. Amen and amen in JESUS NAME.
