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A Friday Tidbit For You??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #482

11 Friday Sep 2026

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A Friday Tidbit For You??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #482

“Hast thou not known?

hast thou not heard,

that the everlasting God,

the LORD,

the Creator of the ends of the earth,

fainteth not,

neither is weary?

there is no searching of his understanding.

29 He giveth power

to the faint;

and to them that have no might

he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths

shall faint and be weary,

and the young men

shall utterly fall: 

31 But they that wait upon the LORD

shall renew their strength;

 

they shall mount up

with wings as eagles;

 

they shall run,

and not be weary;

 

and they shall walk,

and not faint.”  Isaiah 40:28-31

While this is a familiar passage, I want to take a new look at it from a perspective we may not have considered.  I want us to consider four things that we need to take in.

Recognition—verses 28-29, we see Isaiah reminding us of God’s faithful strength, power and sovereign knowledge.

Response—verse 30, the first response we see is that many will faint, fail and forsake God (as His people Israel were doing), yet God was sending this message through Isaiah to His people—some heard, some rejected, some turned to God. How will you respond?

Reliance—verse 31, regardless of where we are in life or location, God will help us as we hear, heed and harken to His will for us.  He tells us in this verse what we need to learn to rely upon—knowing that “waiting upon the Lord” is where we need to live; not just where we need to talk about being, but where we need to live!  I say that knowing that I am at the top of the list of those who hate hearing that “W” word—Wait!  How about you?

But what does God say—He says that we are to “wait upon the LORD”!  Wait on Him not time, not money, not circumstances, but rely on our Lord!!!  No matter how hard it is, no matter how hurried we have become, we are to learn to respond to The Lord and HIS timing.

Paul gives us such a beautiful reminder; I pray that it will encourage you today.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren,

by the mercies of God,

that ye present your bodies

a living sacrifice,

holy,

acceptable unto God,

which is your reasonable service.

2 And be not conformed to this world:

but be ye transformed

by the renewing of your mind,

that ye may prove

what is that good,

and acceptable,

and perfect, will of God.”  Romans 12:1-2

Give it all to Jesus!  Today, tomorrow and each that He gives us, serve HIM!!!

Amen and Amen!!!

Waiting For The Rain??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #207

10 Wednesday Apr 2024

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Waiting For The Rain???      A Word from THE WORD!!! #207

“Be patient therefore, brethren,

unto the coming of the Lord.

Behold, the husbandman

waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth,

and hath long patience for it,

until he receive

the early

and latter rain.

8 Be ye also patient;

stablish your hearts:

for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”  James 5:7-8

We live in Oklahoma and drought is often an issue here; we look for the rain and while it sometimes comes with damaging winds, hail, and other frightening weather phenomenon, we are grateful for that earth refreshing water from heaven.  It’s sometimes difficult to wait for rain—to see ponds dry up, green turn to brown, leaves fall off prematurely and other results of drought—but God!  God has a plan, and we have to practice the “patience” which James calls believers to walk in.

James reminds believers to remember that our Lord Jesus Christ is returning, and while some are skeptical, as Peter mentioned in his second letter (See 2 Peter 3:1-12), but we must put on our armor as we wait for the return of our Lord, even as the farmers wait for the rain to bring their crops to harvest.  James goes on to remind us that prayer isn’t an instant fix, but rather it is a display before a lost and dying world of our hope in The One who is sovereignly, totally ruling this world—all of it.  And while He allows Satan to have a measure of power in this world (Ephesians 2:1-10, and that’s a lesson for another time), his time is limited, and God holds the leash!  James mentions the prayer of Elijah as he encountered the prophets of Baal.  We must not forget to check out the context.  God told Elijah to pray—first that it wouldn’t rain for three-plus years, then God sent him out again, and Elijah openly defied Ahab and Jezebel along with the prophets of idolatry.  So Elijah prayed, yes; but He prayed that which God led him to pray, and God heard, and answered, yet not immediately even then!  Don’t be impatient with what God is doing!  We don’t usually see beyond right now, yet God is working eternity into us!  (Read 1 Kings 17 and 18).

“Confess your faults

one to another,

and pray one for another,

that ye may be healed.

The effectual fervent prayer

of a righteous man

availeth much.

17 Elias was a man

subject to like passions as we are,

and he prayed earnestly

that it might not rain:

and it rained not on the earth by

the space of three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again,

and the heaven gave rain,

and the earth brought forth her fruit.”   James 5:16-18

Jesus reminded us to look for His return, not fret over the situations around us.  Don’t be alarmed by the activity in God’s creation!  He set it all in place, and all creation heeds His will—except for man.  Will you bow before Jesus, rest in His love, care, and provision, keeping your eyes on Him, or depend on the questionable commentary of man!  Let God’s Word be your standard, your plumbline, your bedrock foundation, so that you can stand fast “in the evil day”!  Amen and Amen!!!

“And when these things begin to come to pass,

then look up, and lift up your heads;

for your redemption draweth nigh.”  Luke 21:28

Amen and Amen!!!