Understanding the greatness and glory of God
persuades us that there is nothing in our life hidden from God,
and there is nothing neglected by God.
David Gruzik
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28 Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
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(That is who God is. This, then, is what He does.)
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29 He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 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 40:28-31 NLT
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Weak in Isaiah 40:29 and faint in Isaiah 40:30 are the same Hebrew word,
which means “failure through loss of inherent strength.”
Weary in Isaiah 40:30 is a different word,
which means “exhaustion because of the hardness of life” (quoting J. Alex Motyer).
If we are worn out for either reason,
God is here to give us strength – if we will wait on Him.
David Gruzik