“Tired?”
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31 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 40:28-31
Do you ever just get tired? Life keeps going and going and going and sometimes it seems like you just can’t keep up. Your friends are having drama, your parents are freaking out about stuff, your homework is piling up, even your best friend seems stressed out. You find yourself sleepy or bored, and you just need a break.
Or maybe you're tired of trying to live for God. You try to be good but people at school just want to live for themselves and even your Christian friends keep messing around with sin. You wonder why you have to follow God’s Word all of the time and you dream about forgetting about your faith for a while and going a little wild.
We all get tired because the faith race is a long one and we are, after all, only human. The question is, what do we do with our tiredness? This verse in Isaiah says that everyone gets tired, but that God never gets tired. He never gets stressed. He never wants to quit on us. He always loves us, He is the “everlasting God”. God wants to share His strength with you. When you get tired, will you put your hope in Him, or in something else?
Circle the fifth line of verse 28, “He will not grow tired and weary”. Concentrate on those words for a few minutes, think about why that is an important truth.
Now tell God what things tire you out and distract you from the race. Tell Him what gets you down and what makes it tough for you to keep running. Ask Him to give you strength so that you can live for Him today.
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”~I Peter 5:6-7
29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31 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 40:28-31
Do you ever just get tired? Life keeps going and going and going and sometimes it seems like you just can’t keep up. Your friends are having drama, your parents are freaking out about stuff, your homework is piling up, even your best friend seems stressed out. You find yourself sleepy or bored, and you just need a break.
Or maybe you're tired of trying to live for God. You try to be good but people at school just want to live for themselves and even your Christian friends keep messing around with sin. You wonder why you have to follow God’s Word all of the time and you dream about forgetting about your faith for a while and going a little wild.
We all get tired because the faith race is a long one and we are, after all, only human. The question is, what do we do with our tiredness? This verse in Isaiah says that everyone gets tired, but that God never gets tired. He never gets stressed. He never wants to quit on us. He always loves us, He is the “everlasting God”. God wants to share His strength with you. When you get tired, will you put your hope in Him, or in something else?
Circle the fifth line of verse 28, “He will not grow tired and weary”. Concentrate on those words for a few minutes, think about why that is an important truth.
Now tell God what things tire you out and distract you from the race. Tell Him what gets you down and what makes it tough for you to keep running. Ask Him to give you strength so that you can live for Him today.
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”~I Peter 5:6-7
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