STRENGTH


Good morning!
For our Sunday School class we are using Beth Moore's Believing God: Experiencing a Fresh Explosion of Faith. It is a really great Bible study. And some of us know that her studies are really deep. We all need to go deep sometimes. I am not a deep thinker. I guess I think simply. But this study is good because it causes me to go deeper than I normally would. 

Right now our study is about Isaiah 40:21-31 and I am studying the 31st verse.

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 40:31

The word strength comes from the word strong. The study called us to do a word study and I picked strength. 

That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses,
 in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in diffi- 
culties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10

Christ is our strength. He makes us strong. When we need to do something or say something we feel that we can't do it, we have to give it to God and He will give us the strength to go on.

I know that when I was on the mission trip I got so tired as all the team members did. We put our hope in the Lord and He gave us the strength to carry on. And He gave us the strength to complete the task He gave us to do. I believe there is a song about that.

These words are in the third verse of Great is Thy Faithfulness: "Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow."

Another song: Hero by Mariah Carey. It is not a Christian song but I can see that God can be the hero in us. And that He will give us the strength to carry on.

So, when we feel tired and weary, let Jesus fill your soul with His strength. Don't give up, but carry on. 

Have a wonderful day!

Lesbear







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