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We Need God As Much As Today Than Yesterday Because We Are Not As Tough As We Think We Are!
Isaiah 40:30
Some of you will respond, “Not me. No, I will grit my teeth, clench my fists and pull myself up by own bootstraps.” But Isaiah says, “No there is a time when we all will fail and need the power and strength from God to pick us up.” The Hebrew renders this verse literally, “ Even the choice young men will grow weary,” Some of you think you are tough enough to make it own your own; but there will come a time when you hit a wall and burn out---either physically, financially, or emotionally. In some way you are going to faint and be weary. Even the choice young men will faint and grow weary.
There are many persons at the highest moment of opportunity who just can’t make it. In the areas of athletics, entertainment, and academics are choice young people who just can’t get it together. This does not just occur in the spheres of these fields; it can happen to anybody, anywhere, and any time.
But, I have good news for you: When you grow weary, God does not dwell aloof and remote above your little world. The word of Isaiah is that the God who holds the oceans in His hands and the God who measures the heavens with the span of His hand is the same God who gives power to you.
To live in the face of the stress of life, you need to have a space and a place when and where you meet with the God of majesty, who has the mercy to give you strength and a new beginning for the journey.
Humbly Submitted …… Rev. Dr. Rickey L. Dugger, Sr.
Isaiah 40:30
Some of you will respond, “Not me. No, I will grit my teeth, clench my fists and pull myself up by own bootstraps.” But Isaiah says, “No there is a time when we all will fail and need the power and strength from God to pick us up.” The Hebrew renders this verse literally, “ Even the choice young men will grow weary,” Some of you think you are tough enough to make it own your own; but there will come a time when you hit a wall and burn out---either physically, financially, or emotionally. In some way you are going to faint and be weary. Even the choice young men will faint and grow weary.
There are many persons at the highest moment of opportunity who just can’t make it. In the areas of athletics, entertainment, and academics are choice young people who just can’t get it together. This does not just occur in the spheres of these fields; it can happen to anybody, anywhere, and any time.
But, I have good news for you: When you grow weary, God does not dwell aloof and remote above your little world. The word of Isaiah is that the God who holds the oceans in His hands and the God who measures the heavens with the span of His hand is the same God who gives power to you.
To live in the face of the stress of life, you need to have a space and a place when and where you meet with the God of majesty, who has the mercy to give you strength and a new beginning for the journey.
Humbly Submitted …… Rev. Dr. Rickey L. Dugger, Sr.