Isaiah 40:28-31 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 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.

Are you frustrated, stressed and beginning to feel hopeless? Sometimes you may not be able to change the circumstances you are in but a renewal of the mind can certainly increase your ability to cope. That can only come from the word of the Lord. Isaiah was speaking to God’s people who had been through a lot, they had known exile. Exile implies subjugation, deprivation and confinement; in short someone else is pulling the reins and making decisions about your life and future. It leads to frustration, exhaustion and a feeling of hopelessness.

In Isaiah 40 God tells Isaiah to comfort his people, and speak tenderly to them. In the process Isaiah seems to state the obvious, things which they supposedly know already, in an effort to wake them up as it were. “Do you not know?” “Have you not heard?” Of course they know, and they have heard but, just as we often are, they were distracted by the day to day craziness of their lives.

So, let us get back to some of the basics: “The Lord is the everlasting God” – He hasn’t gone off somewhere and forgotten about you. The eyes of the Lord still run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose hearts are perfect toward him. (See KJV – 2 Chronicles 16: 9). He is not panicked by what is happening to you, nor has it taken him by surprise. He already knows the outcome. His ears are open to your cry. So cry out to him.

“He is the Creator of the ends of the earth” – nothing exists which he didn’t make and that includes you. So ask him to show you his purpose for you. “He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom” – God is never tired or confused and he has the blueprint showing the connectivity of all the issues that perplex us.

“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength” – You have to decide to hope in the Lord. Do not focus on the circumstances or the powers that be. Just enthrone him as Lord of your life.