He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 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 40:29-31
Are you walking in exhaustion today? Are you tired and weary? This can be a temporary walk. All you have to do is turn to God and ask for strength and power. Many times we go about our busy schedules not having enough time in the day to finish what needs to get done. In the process of this, we stay weary, tired, frustrated and overwhelmed. Further, while we are battling through the day to cross off everything on our list, we still have mental battles waging war in our minds. Mental wars can consist of many things. The ones that have been brought to my attention of late by listening to the words of others are as follows: loneliness, spousal abuse, past sexual abuse, loss of a spouse, sickness, divorce, a child on drugs, marital problems and financial problems. We all have issues from our present and past that hurt us. However, think closely about what Paul shared with us in I Corinthians 2:16b, "But we have the mind of Christ." Praise the Lord!
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 says, "For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." Since we have the mind of Christ, and we are able to take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ, let's clear our minds today. Let's hand all of our problems over to God. He can handle all things!
Dear God, in Jesus name, I ask that you touch each of us in a special way. Only You know what each of us need and what we are dealing with. I ask that You free each of us from the snares of the devil so that we can take every thought captive and bring it into obedience to you. We thank You that we have the mind of Christ. We thank You for who You are and for what You do for us. We are so blessed to have You as our father. Lord, God, I ask in Jesus name that You give us strength and power so that we can soar on wings like eagles, run and not grow weary and walk and not be faint. We praise You for Your Word and how You minister to us through it. We praise You that we have power in Your Word. Your Word says in Isaiah that the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. We praise You for this promise that we can know today from Your Scripture that we are being renewed in every way. In Jesus name, Amen!
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