No Time for Weariness

The activity around us is at an all time intensity. I am sure we can all agree never in our lives have we lived such times. It is taking place in parallel realms. The natural realm, that our physical senses are in contact with, seems to have a new crisis daily. To try to process on any given day, the amount of information given to all these events, leaves little time for anything else. The human desire to be in the "know" can leave us, at the end of the day, exhausted and weary. This is one of the unfortunate by-products of this Information Age. We have the ability to just know too much. 

In unison, with the storms raging in this seen realm, the unseen realm is just as busy. The rising up of thousands and thousands of earnest, desperate, sincere prayer warriors has intensified the angelic encounters with the demonic realm. Any believers who do not feel the intensity of the spiritual battles taking place, needs to check their pulse! It is real, it is intense, and it will only intensify in the days and weeks ahead. Not the news a lot of people want to hear. Many just want to get back to normal but these times will not allow that to happen anytime soon. To many, that is a thought that brings on a spirit of weariness.

This is not the time for weariness to overtake us. When we grow weary, we lose our edge, our focus and our discernment. This is why Peter writes in 1 Peter 5:8 to "Be alert and of a sober mind." Why do we need to be in this posture? Peter says we have an enemy, an adversary, who is prowling around seeking to devour.

I have a small herd of deer that live around our house. Years of watching deer interact in their surroundings, I have never seen a weary deer. They are always alert, ears attentive, eyes catching every movement, and their noses testing every scent. Their life demands they stay alert, weary deer end up dead!

We serve a God who, Isaiah says in 40:28, 'never faints or is weary'. That is comforting to know in days like these. But wait, there is more! Isaiah goes on to say that God will share that ability to never faint or grow weary. Verse 29, "He gives power to the weak, and to those who have nothing left in them, He increases strength." Then Isaiah clarifies it is not an age issue. He says young, strong people will faint and grow weary and young men shall fall. He gives us the prescription we all need today. It is in verse 31, "But those who wait {hope in, put their trust} upon the Lord will renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles, {rise above any storm, event, crisis, etc}. They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."

And as the song goes on to say:
Teach me Lord
Teach me Lord
To wait.

Let's not grow weary and faint. The stakes are too important for that!
Selah
​Pastor David.