Strength For The Weary

Strength for the Weary

He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:29-31

I didn’t always do it when I was coaching in the National Football League. Not every day, anyway. But if I ever get back into coaching, I think I will be sure to make these verses from Isaiah a part of my daily reading—out loud—beginning at least midway through the toilsome training camp and then continuing halfway through the season. And I’d share them with the team at various times during those stretches as well. Because those are the times when the journey we are on seems to be all uphill. Those are the times when every limb seems weak, there is no desire to go on, and the body is faint and the spirit weary. Very weary.

We’ve all been there. For me, it’s been on the football field or lately riding my bike up a long, tough hill. For you, it may not be in an athletic environment, but we all know and have experienced enough to know that the uphill climbs are found everywhere in our lives.

We all get weary sometimes. Even “youths” and “young men” will grow tired—it’s a part of the human condition. Maybe it’s Mondays or at the end of the month or the quarter. Maybe it’s after something has happened in your life to sap you of that last ounce of energy and “able to” that you were saving to get through the week. Sometimes week after week just gets to you.

It’s easy to get worn down, emotionally and physically. We need to look to the Lord for rest and rejuvenation, which He promises.

Read the verses again—out loud this time.

“He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.”

Uncommon Key > This prophetic promise is worth committing to memory. Or do what I suggested: read it aloud during those times when you are especially weary. God is your source of power. Plug in to Him.