10 You
wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’
You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not
faint. Isaiah 57:10
This morning when the alarm
went off, I found the bed to comfortable and a dog lying next to me that did
not want to get up either. I am sure that on a Monday morning after a long
weekend, many felt the same as I and my pet kid Tuffy.
Whether getting up out
of bed and entering a new week, or beginning a new project or endeavor, the
hardest step in the first step. Usually after the first splash of water in our
face or the first cup of coffee, we find ourselves having made at least one
initial step. Some people may feel this way in their wanting to ask Jesus into
their lives, in the fact that often that first step of surrendering one’s self
to Christ is the hardest.
The passage from
Isaiah has God summoning the Hebrew people who have not found him, or who have
turned away from him. We learn that those that continue to take the first and
many steps in sin, will never find the true path for their lives. Only those
that take the first step towards God and His Son Jesus Christ can find their
true path in life. We also learn that those that make their first and many
steps towards God, will not weary but will constantly be renewed and refreshed.
Beloved, my prayer for
you this weekend is that you get up and take your first steps in prayer and
seeking the Father. Beds are comfortable, but only in waking up and taking our first
steps can we be prepared to face the world. Likewise getting up and seeking God
not only prepares us to face the world, it renews us and prepares us to face
all tasks, challenges, and even joys with God present with us.
This is the day that
the Lord has made, be renewed.
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