Saturday 23 November 2013

Read Isaiah 40:27-31. Ephesians 2:8-10

In times of illness or during aches and pains we can cry out bitterly to the Lord. We can wonder why He doesn’t hear our cry. The nation of Israel was bitterly complaining to the Lord that He had forgotten them. They wailed and wept in His presence.

But the Lord answered with hope. Those who hope in the Lord, those who trust in Him would be strengthened and renewed. Those who hope in God will soar like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not grow faint. God will strengthen His children to do the work which He has called them to do. In fact, we could argue that God will strengthen you to do all the work that He has prepared for you to do and to which He has called you.

This by no means implies that we can’t take holidays or have a rest from our work in the Lord. It’s not saying that we have to kill ourselves in work. The key for us is to know what God has prepared for us to do. The key is know what God is calling us to do and to live confidently knowing that God will strengthen us and be with us until everything has been completed. One writer wrote that we are immortal until God’s work in us and through us is completed. How true those words are!

As a believer don’t waste your time doing things that are not God things. You may be doing good things but are they God things? Are they the God ordained works that He has called you to be doing?

Prayer:

Write down your prayer points in the space provided. Use today’s reading to help you get ideas.

Adoration:

Confession:

Thanks:

Supplication:

ª Pray that God would show you and your church the works He has called you to do both individually and collectively.