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COMFORTING WORDS FOR GOD’S PEOPLE.

INTRODUCTION:

THE BOOK OF ISAIAH IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS ; JUDGEMENT AND RESTORATION FROM CHAPTERS 1-39, ISAIAH SPEAKS OF THE SINS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AS A RESULT . BUT CHAPTERS 40-66, ISAIAH SPEAKS GOD’S MESSAGE OF COMFORT, HOPE, AND RESTORATION.

TODAY I LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT COMFORTING WORDS FOR GOD’S PEOPLE.

GOD RENEW OUR STRENGTH.

GOD ALLOW US TO SOAR ABOVE OUR DISAPPOINTMENTS.

GOD GIVES US STAMINA TO ENDURE.

GOD KEEPS TRACK OF OUR STEPS.

A. GOD RENEW OUR STRENGTH.

ISAIAH 40 SAID BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.

WAIT IS THE SAME THING AS HOPE AND WHEN YOU’RE HOPING FOR SOMETHING, YOU ARE ANTICIPATING THAT IT WILL HAPPEN.

I FOUND OUT WHEN YOU PRACTICE PATIENCE, IT ALLOWS YOU TO REGROUP AND SEE IT FROM GOD PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN YOU DO THIS, IT BUILDS TRUST IN THE LORD.

SOME OF US ARE IMPATIENCE AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE MAKE DECISIONS OUTSIDE OF THE LORD’S PROVISIONS, BECAUSE WE DON’T TRUST HIM.

TRUST HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TRUST HIM, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM.

THE JEWS LACKED INWARD STRENGTH, AND KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.

IF YOU DEPEND ONLY ON YOUR OUTWARD STRENGTH, AND YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING ,YOU WILL GROW WEARY, WHICH WOULD LEAD TO SIN.

ISAIAH SAID THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH. MEANING WE ARE EXCHANGING OUR WEAKNESSES FOR GOD’S STRENGTH.

THIS STRENGTH IS A CONTINUOUS STRENGTH BEING RENEWED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOUR INWARD MAN.

THIS HAPPEN WHEN TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE.

PSALM 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.”

DAVID NEEDED GOD TO CHANGE HIS HEART, SO THAT HE CAN HAVE GOD’S SPIRIT WITHIN HIM.

B. GOD ALLOWS US TO SOAR ABOVE OUR DISAPPOINTMENTS.

ISAIAH SAID THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES.

GOD SEE US AS EAGLES, WHO ARE ABLE TO SOAR ABOVE OUR DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES WE MAY FACE IN OUR LIVES.

EAGLES SHOWS STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND TRUST, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE WIND TO GET THEM TO THERE DESTINATIONS.

SAME WAY WITH US WE SHOULD BE DEPENDING UPON THE LORD TO SEE US THROUGH THE STORMS OF LIFE.

THE ONE THING THAT A EAGLE PROCESS IS FOCUS.

WHEN YOUR FOCUS IS ON THE LORD, YOU CAN FIND PEACE, WHILE YOU FACING DIFFICULTIES.

THE REASON IS YOU ARE NOT FOCUSING ON WHERE YOU AT, BUT REACHING FOR SOMETHING HIGHER.

EAGLES SYMBOLIZE SPIRIT, FREEDOM, AND SELF EXPRESSION. EAGLES DO NOT MIX WITH OTHER BIRDS, THEY STAY ABOVE THE CROWD.

WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM A EAGLE, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SOAR IN THE LORD, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH MIXING WITH THOSE WHO’S MINDS ARE NARROW IN THINKING.

WHY BECAUSE THEY ARE STUCK IN THEIR WAYS AND NOT WILLING TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR MINDS ALREADY MADE UP.

THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW MORE THEN GOD.

GOD WANTS EXCELLENCY NOT MEDIOCRITY OUT OF US.

EXODUS 19:4 “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.”

C. GOD GIVES US STAMINA TO ENDURE.

STAMINA IS THE EFFECTIVE POWER OF THE DIVINE LIFE WITHIN US WHICH ENABLES US TO ENDURE AND TO ENDURE JOYFULLY.

ISAIAH SAID THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY.

THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT IS WITHIN US WILL NEVER GROW WEARY, WHY BECAUSE IT IS BEING RENEWED DAILY.

GOD HAS EQUIP US WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED TO FINISH OUR COURSE WITH JOY.

A RUNNERS GOAL IS TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE.

HE WON’T STOP UNTIL HE CROSS THAT LINE.

THE BIBLE SAYS LET US NOT BE WEARY IN WELL DOING : FOR IN DUE SEASON WE SHALL REAP, IF WE FAINT NOT.

THIS RACE THAT WE ARE IN IS NOT GIVING TO THE SWIFT.

WE MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST INTELLIGENT PERSON, EDUCATED OR EVEN THE ONE WITH THE MOST STRENGTH, BUT GOD CAN STILL GIVE US GOOD SUCCESS.

JOB 17:9 “The righteous also shall hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.”

D. GOD KEEPS TRACKS OF OUR STEPS.

ISAIAH GIVES US A PICTURE THAT WE STAR OFF FLYING, THEN WE BEGIN TO RUN, AND NOW WE AT THE STAGE OF WALKING.

OUR LIVES AS A CHRISTIAN IS THE SAME, WE ONE MOMENT ON THE TOP , THEN THE NEXT MOMENT WE NEED A RECHARGE AND NOW AS THE DAY WINDING DOWN EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN.

NOT KNOWING THAT YOU’RE MAKING SPIRITUAL PROGRESSION.

IT’S JUST LIKE THE FOOTPRINT PICTURE, EVERY STEP YOU TOOK, ANOTHER FOOTPRINT WAS WALKING RIGHT BEHIND YOU KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR STEPS.

GOD WAS BUILDING YOU UP ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIS PRESENCE RIGHT THERE BESIDE YOU.

CHEERING YOU ON TELLING YOU THAT YOU CAN MAKE.

EVEN WHEN YOUR STEPS WAS CROOKED , GOD KEEP STEERING YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS.

KING DAVID SAID THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.