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Isiah 40:31
How do you define stregnth?
We normally thing about physical: how heavy or fast
Or inner s. Emotional, response to problems, recover from setbacks and challenges
Or what we're good at. Gifts talents skills. Cooking? Music? Student subjects, hands. Help us to make a living
Story of three boys, talking bout their fsthers
Boys think thier dad's are the strongest and bestest. 1st boy: my dad writes a few words on a page, sends it off and gets 200 dollars.. They call it a poem.
2nd boy, my dad writes few pages, gets 1000. It's called a story
3rd boy, my dad writes on a PowerPoint, and talks about it, after that people have to go around collecting money from everyone...
Countries: military might, natural resources, global influence, tech, political stability...
Secondary school we heard: vision 2020.
Wawasan 2020. We should develop those parts to become a develop nation..
Next year is that... But..
We hear news of... Recession
Global recession. Strong nations, China and USA.. Germany.. Etc..
But what about us.. A small country like amalysia. We worry. We worry about our jobs, business, rising cost of oil and commodities. Think about family and children needing to go further studies..
Uncertainty of the future. We think until we despair because we had to go through so much to reach this point.
Judah was surrounded. Confused, not sure who to turn to. Feared for their lives. Things got from bad to worse they called out to God.
God do you not see the trouble I'm in, when will our help us.
This is what Isiah said to judah:
You have forgotten who God is
Have you not heard He is the everlasting God
Nations are like a drop in the bucket.
Like dust on a scale.
Nations will rise and fall
Assyria will come and it will replaced by another super power
It is God that raises, builds and tears them down
Look at the skies above, the stars, who created them? By his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one goes missing.
We think about the amazing things we've created over the years... I.e. The great Wall of China. Massive. Biggest structure ever built. No advance machinary. Just human ingenuity and strength..
The sun..
1.3 million earths in a sun..
And its not even the biggest star..
By God, not a single one is missing.
Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew our strength.
Tap into this strength for our lives.
God will allow us to go things that are beyond our own. We can go ahead in Boldness...
God says to us as a church.
Don't look to this experts and forecast.. Ultimately.. All strength comes from the Lord. Don't even depend on our own strength and ability..
Barcelona Olympics 400 m men's. Derrick Rickman. Very important race to him. Previous Olympics he had to withdraw because of injury. He wanted to prove himself he could make the medal.
Snapped his hamstring. Someone runs down.. Officials tried to stop him. No one is going to stop me from being with my son.
My grace is sufficient for you.
My strength is made perfect in weakness.
In life we may fall and falter.
But God, our heavenly father is always there. He will.. Carry us and bring us to the finishing line.
Intimacy, breakthrough. Draws us into a Living and personal relationship with Him.
To know God is to know His strength. We need to... Know what it is like again.
Story: footprints in the sand.
He there avialable for you to wrap His arms around you.
King David, the greatest King Israel had .. In psalms he says: my heart and flesh may fail, but my strength comes from the Lord.
In order to have Bold intimacy, we need to know God. If we don't know we will misunderstand Him. When we do that we misrepresent Him.
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