Even young men grow weary...

Was just doing a quiet time in library on Monday morning. Yes, it's been reduced to doing it in the library. Have been trying my bestest to find a quiet place at home but it's pratically impossible. i remember the bible mentioning something about how we should go to a secluded place in silence, close the doors and windows behind us, and seek God in that privacy so we can truly listen to his voice. i can't help but wonder why i don't have my own private place....somewhere where i can really listen to Him. i've been beginning to believe that it's coz he wants me to CHERISH my time with Him first, so that i won't take it for granted....beginning to love the small time frames that i AM truly alone with Him...so God it's working! hehe...

i was reading Isaiah 40...and two things really stood out for me. First was in verse 11

He tends his flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them close to His heart;
he gently leads those that have young.

when i read this verse, i had this awesome sense of security and love. like how only God can provide it. he gently leads those who have young. i dont think in today's context it refers to pregnant women or something like that. i think what it means is that God GENTLY leads those who have special needs, who are weaker than the rest, who have a spiritual disability in a sense. He gently leads...wow...only a few verses before Isaiah proclaims how powerful God is by likening us to grass....and how God just blows us over and away if he needs to.

The last few verses (30 and 31) really spoke to me though...

Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope on the Lord
will renew thier strength.
They will soar in wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary;
they will walk and not be faint.

i want to run and not be weary; to walk and not be faint; i WANT to soar on wings as eagles do.And i desperately need to RENEW my strength. Hope on the Lord. Hope on the Lord. Hope on the Lord.

The thing about hoping on Him is, he's not interested on us hoping on Him for things we CAN'T do on our own strength. It's the things we CAN do on our own strength, the things we think we are capable of doing by ourselves. Those are the things he wants us to hope in Him for. But God, if we can do it on our own strength, why should we "bother" you? :)

I've grown to learn we never "bother" God. He's always craving for that moment when he can speak to His children. He gets excited when we ask him to help us in something we can't do. what more if it's something we CAN do and HOPE in Him anyways.

I'm just so amazed at the ways of our God. How awesome is the love and the character of the Lord. As Isaiah put it:

As the heavens are higher than the earth
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts

Isaiah 55:9