Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator
of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? thereis no searching of his understanding. 29 He
giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths
shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 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, and not faint.
A young strong man at a construction site was bragging that he could outdo anyone in a test of strength.
He kept making fun of one of the older workers. After several minutes the older worker had had enough.
“Why don’t you put your money where your mouth is,” the older worker said. “I will bet a week’s wages
that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow over to that outbuilding that you won’t be able to wheel
back.”
“You’re on, old man,” the young guy replied. “Let’s see what you got.”
The old man reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles. Then, nodding to the young man, he said, “all right, get in.” There is a strength of the body and there is a strength of the mind and strength of the spirit.
There are 3 degrees of growth in a Christian life it seems in Isaiah chapter 40. The first one is the
young Christian shall mount up as an eagle. The second is the adult Christian shall run. And the third is
the mature Christian shall walk. God will furnish your strength whatever your condition is. If you need
strength to walk, He will give it to you.
Maybe through this world of heartbreak, trials, and trouble you are weak and growing weary. God says, don’t you know? Haven’t you heard that the Lord does not grow tired or weary and gives strength to those that ask and need it? He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. To those Christians that seem to never grow in their faith. Yes, He gives them the strength to withstand those hard times through life.
Our youth many times seem to grow weary and bored with religion
and some fall on their face until later in life. But listen, get up! That was the biggest mistake I ever made
in my entire life! I walked away from my fellowship with my Lord when I was a young man. I lost my
strength of faith not my salvation and I utterly fell. I couldn’t see in my youth that God should have been
the center of my life and I fell and followed the world. But, He was right there waiting for me. He met
me with arms open wide just as the prodigal son.
I was in the pigpen of life but my Lord gave me the strength to rise above it all! He covered me with a
robe of righteousness. He put a ring on my finger that represented that I belonged to Him. He put shoes
on my feet. Why shoes? Because I’m walking with my Lord in fellowship again. I’m not a slave to sin.
Oh, I might get blisters on my feet and it might hurt a little during the walk but, these are the shoes my
Father gave me! Besides, we are walking together to His house and the place He has prepared for me.