Reflection on Isaiah 40:30-31
Person 1: Oh, serving the Lord is tiring.
Person 2: What? You shouldn’t get tired serving the Lord!
Person 1: Really?
Have you heard this conversation before? Or have you been in this kind of conversation before. Me, I’ve heard this a lot. And just recently, I encountered this exact scenario, a servant of God saying he got tired (just tired, not quiting) due to his probably hectic schedule doing the ministry of the Lord. One of his friend said that if it is for the Lord, he shouldn’t be tired. Well, the commenter might have a pessimistic mind on that but I think that isn’t things go.
Isaiah 40:30-31 reads:
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint. (NIV)
I believe the verse is clear, ‘Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;’. We are human beings. We are not robots. It is natural, let me repeat – natural - for a person to get tired, whatever he is doing cause he is using muscles that require energy to work. And like any other job, once your body has reached it’s peak on the “tiredness meter”, your brain will send out signals to your whole body to rest. If you don’t, then you’re either a super human being or you’re deceiving yourself. I remember Ptr. Rick Warren on one of his Purpose Driven Church Seminar (watched it on CD) when he said, “Mary had a little lamb, it would have been a sheep, it joined a local church and died in lack of sleep.”
Let us be honest and real. We do get tired while we are serving the Lord. However, it doesn’t end there. God made a promise. That even though you’ll get tired (verse 30), if your hope is in the Lord, he will renew your strength (verse 31). Take note the on the last two lines it said “not grow weary” and “not be faint”. Isn’t this the one that says we shouldn’t be tired when serving the Lord? I believe this only means that God will give us unlimited renewal of strength. That every time we feel weak, God will refuel us. That every time we feel tired, God will strengthen us.
Let us confess that we are only human. We do get tired. But we have a God, that’s always willing to strengthen us.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
God bless.
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Very inspiring dissertation of Isaiah 40:30-31. If we are serving our ministry for the Lord, He will give us strength and enablement to see us through. Thanks for the post. God bless.
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Thanks Mel for dropping by.
God bless.
God grants his beloved rest, sometimes the church doesn’t.
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Yeah, that is true..