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Renew Their Strength

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide- Promises - Day 93 - Isaiah 40:30-31- Renew Their Strength - Growing As Disciples

Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Promises – Day 93 – Isaiah 40:30-31- Renew Their Strength – Growing As Disciples

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. Isaiah 40:30-31 (NIV)

Wait 

You look really worn out. I feel exhausted. I don’t think that I can take one more step. I hate being this weary. I don’t like seeing you like this either. You don’t? Of course not, it isn’t my plan for you to be unhappy, overworked and worn out. Can I ask you a question? Go right ahead. Why do you give me so much work to do if you don’t like seeing me weary and worn out? Are you sure that you aren’t doing more than I have asked you to do for me? Am I? Now, that’s a good question at the wrong time. Why is that? You tell me. It’s probably better to ask you if you want me to take on an assignment before I start rather then while I’m worn out trying to complete it. You got that right. So, what will you do differently in the future? I will ask you to help me to know if I should or shouldn’t take on a new assignment. That will be very good. Trying to do too much is not the only explanation for why you might be weary in your work. What might be another explanation?

You were right about one thing. What’s that? I will always give you more than you can accomplish. I thought you didn’t like seeing me weary and worn out. I don’t. Now, I’m confused. Why do you think I will always give you more than you can accomplish? I’m not sure. If I only gave you what you could accomplish, who would you rely on to accomplish it? I would rely on myself. That’s right and is that a good thing? No, it’s not. Why is that? You want me to come to rely on you for your strength to accomplish what you have given me to do. Yes, I do. Why do you think I want you to come to rely on me? I’m not sure. Think hard. You want to develop a relationship with me. Yes, I do. Do you think it is possible that I am more interested in developing a relationship with you than I am in seeing you accomplish great things for me? Is that true? Yes, it is. In fact I will not let you accomplish great things for me unless we have developed a close relationship with each other. My coming to rely on you is that important to you? Yes, it is. That makes me glad. Yes, I knew it would. There is another reason I will not give you my power and strength to accomplish things for me without us developing a close relationship with each other. What’s that?

Who would get the credit if I allowed you to accomplish great things with your own strength? I suppose that I would. Yes, you would. Would anyone be drawn to me through the great things you did with your own strength? Probably not. Would you have any sense that I was working in and through your life if you only accomplished what you could do with your own strength? No, I wouldn’t. Can you see the point? You want me to rely on you so I can come to know you. Yes, I do. You want others to be drawn to you through the work that you do in and through my life. Yes, I do. Is that what you want? Yes Lord, that’s exactly what I want. I will come to rely and wait on you. That will be very good.

Lord, I know I will never have enough of my own power and strength to follow and serve you. That’s a good thing. Otherwise I might be tempted to rely on myself. Instead I will rely on you and wait for you to renew me with your strength. Amen

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Wait On The Lord

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Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:30-31 (NKJV)

Refreshed, Renewed, Revived

I have been weary. I have been worn out. I haven’t been just a little weary and worn out. I have been bone weary and worn out. I have felt like I could go no further. I have been certain that I could not take one more step. Is that my plan? Is that my hope and desire for you? Do you think I want you to run yourself ragged? No, I’m sure not. You want me to be vibrant and alive. You want me to be energetic and active. You want me to be productive and fruitful. You want me to be healthy and hopeful. Yes, I do.

So what’s the problem? Am I asking too much of you? Have I given you too large of an assignment? Do you have a burden you cannot carry? No, that’s not it. What is it? Tell me why you are weary and worn out? I have two different problems. Just two? Well, I have two problems in mind right now. What are they? I am trying to do too much. I have said yes to too many things. You haven’t given me too much. But, I have taken on assignments that have not come from you. I have not focused solely on assignments you have given to me. So, in trying to do too much I have done nothing well and have run myself ragged in the process. That’s not good. How will you know if an assignment has come from me? I will ask you to show me what you want me to go and do. Then I will focus on your assignments and say no to ones that do not come from you. That will be very good.

You mentioned that you had another problem. Yes, I did. What is it? I have been relying on my own strength to accomplish the work you have given me to do for you. I have not relied on your strength. I have not come to rest in your presence. I have not allowed you to revive and refresh and renew my strength as I serve you. That will never work. Do you know why that is? You will always give me assignments that I can’t possibly accomplish without relying on you. It is your plan for me to rely on you. It is your desire to give me your power and strength. You want to work in and through my life. Yes, I do. You want everyone to know that it is you who has made me able to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. That’s right. Will you come to rely on me? Will you rest in my presence? Will you allow me to revive, refresh and renew your strength? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good. 

Lord, I cannot keep running on my own strength. I will grow weary. Help me to develop a daily rhythm of waiting on you. Revive, refresh and renew my strength as I rest in your presence. Help me to run and not grow weary. Help me to walk and not faint. Amen

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Wait – Renew

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Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:30-31 (ESV) 

Power Failure 

I did not make you to be self-reliant. You were not created to be self-sufficient. That message should come as no surprise to you. Your lack of energy, power and strength should get your attention. Listen to what your own body is saying to you. What would that be? You tell me. My independence and self-reliance does not work. Relying on my own energy power and strength to do what you have given me to do will never work. I cannot do what you have called me to do without your help. No you cannot.

It is a good thing to come to me. I want to revive and refresh and restore your life. I will make you able to do what I have called you to do for me. I want you to live in a close and intimate relationship with me. Would you come to me if you did not need my help? Would you rely on me if you did not need my power and strength? Don’t say that you would. We both know that would not be true. I know that what you are saying is true. 

Will you come to me? Will you rest in my presence? Will you allow me to renew your life? Do you want me to make you able to run even though you have been weary? Do you want to soar on the wind like an eagle? Do you want me to make you able to do all that I have called you to do for me? Yes Lord, revive and refresh and renew my life. I will come to you. I will set aside a time and a place to meet with you. I will rest in your presence. I will live in a close and intimate relationship with you. You are my God. I am your child. I know that you have good things in store for me. I will allow you to do your work in and through my life. I know that you will make me able to do all that you have called me to do for you. I know that you will do in and through me far more than I could have asked for, hope for or even imagined. No longer will I rely on myself. No longer will I work under my own power. Now, I will rely on you. You will make me able. Yes, I will.

Lord, I have been weary. I have been worn out. I am tired and depleted. All my energy is gone. Forgive me. I have not made waiting on you to be the daily pattern and rhythm of my life. Renew, revive, restore and strengthen my life as I come to wait on you. Amen

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