Renewed Strength

"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

Do you need to be encouraged today? If so, this is a word for you. There are times when we just get tired. Life seems too difficult, the struggle too intense. sometimes, we just run out of strength. It is in this place that God finds us, helps us and strengthens us to go on.
    God knows that we are weak. he understands that if we depend on our own strength, we will not be able to stand in the day of trouble. Our strength is too incomplete to cope with the rigors of life. So we must depend on the strength of God. Why is it sometimes our last resort to depend on God? We try everything else and when that fails, we go to God. But we need to change the way we think. We need to receive the strength of God first and let him direct us to do what is necessary. Then we are going into the struggle with his strength, not our own.
    God knows that we may slip and fall from time to time. While this is not permission to continue in sin, it is the great truth of God's grace that is applied to our lives. If we stumble and fall into some kind of sin, the opportunity for forgiveness is only a prayer away. then we must pick ourselves up, applying his strength, and move forward.
    We have a God who fully understands humanity. He has lived here. He has experienced everything that you and I have faced and more. He created us and put eternity in our hearts. He is no stranger to our difficulties. His desire for us is not to leave us in a stumbling and falling condition. He doesn't desire for us to live weary lives. Still, he knows we will experience these times. But the great promise he has for us is this: We will soar like eagles. We will walk and run using his strength. We will never be defeated.
   So if you are feeling a little weak today, a little too tired to face reality, take this word as your strength for today. If you have slipped and fallen into the trap of sin, don't stay there. Get forgiveness, get out of the pit, and run with the strength of God himself. When you soar like eagles, you will have a whole new perspective on the circumstances you are facing. They will no longer be swallowing you up. You will be looking at them with a heavenly perspective. The promise is true. The promise is comforting.  Hope in the Lord and he will renew your strength.