Yesterday morning, our prayer group read and talked through Isaiah 40; it was particularly impacting to see again who God is and who we are at the most basic level, and all of this shown to us in the most gracious and merciful ways: "Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young." Below are the final verses of Isaiah 40 along with my poetic thoughts from those verses, written yesterday night in the middle of a late-night security shift. :)
Isaiah 40:28-31 (ESV)
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
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.
Rested Running (Isa 40:28-31)
The Lord’s eternal; He’s Creator.
By His own power, He’s Sustainer.
He will not faint; He won’t grow weary.
Praise to our Lord!
We’re not infinite; we’re created.
In our own power, we’re constrained.
We’ll always faint, collapse, grow weary.
Hope in the Lord!
We anticipate; He is coming.
In His great power, we are running.
We will not faint or e’en grow weary.
Rest in the Lord!
A summary of these verses might be "The unwearied God is the only one who can keep you from being weary; weariness is a sign that you are running in your own strength. Run, but do not be weary!"
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