For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with out weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15). That word weakness in the above scripture is one of those Biblical words that weighs 100 pounds, it’s so full of meaning. It not only covers sickness and disease. It also covers our failure to understand or to do great and glorious things. It also means to restrain from…
Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. A little farther on in this chapter, God gives the key to how to obtain this strength and power from God in verse 31. That verse says we are to wait for the Lord. That waiting is not a finger-drumming, toe-tapping, hurry-up-God, kind of wait. This is a looking for, a hoping in, and expecting God to act on our behalf. There are…
Galatians 6:9 And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. Just a couple of verses before this we’re reminded we reap whatever we plant. What do you think that applies to? Does the Lord limit Himself? Hardly! Will we sow kindness and harvest a crop of hatefulness? Or joy and receive sadness in return? God’s kingdom dynamics don’t work that way. But sometimes it takes longer…