Eagles

Isaiah 40:28-31

ESV: “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

LBLA: “¿Acaso no lo sabes? ¿Es que no lo has oido? El Dios eterno, el SENOR, el creador de los confines de la tierra no se fatiga ni se cansa. Su entendimiento es inescrutable. El da fuerzas al fatigado, y al que no tiene fuerzas, aumenta el vigor. Aun los mancebos se fatigan y se cansan, y los jovenes tropiezan y vacilan, pero los que esperan en el SENOR renovaran sus fuerzas; se remontaran con alas como las aguilas, correran y no se cansaran, caminaran y no se fatigaran.”

TLV: “Have you not known? Have you not heard? ADONAI is the eternal God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not grow tired or weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives strength to the weary, and to one without vigor He adds might. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall, but they who wait for ADONAI will renew their strength. They will soar up with wings as eagles. They will run, and not grow weary. They will walk, and not be faint.”

I am not a valiant warrior.

I am not a good husband or even a good man. The only thing I actually know about myself is that I am a Christian.

Just not a good one.

Sometimes I have the strength to do good. Other times I fail.

In fact, most of the things I try at, I fail.

Most of my attempts to do better, fail. Without fail, I will fail.

Occasionally, God picks me up

and places me in a position where I succeed.

Today, I need His strength.

I don’t have any.

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It is easy to say, “Have hope” or “Believe”, sometimes it even works. But it’s temporary. Life takes place in a battle between flesh & spirit. My personal battle takes place in a bigger war. That bigger war is between principalities, demons, angels, and spirits.

There isn’t much I can actually do. Everything is a war.

But God can.

Maybe one day I’ll have the strength to spread my wings and soar like an eagle.