Unpacking Emotional Baggage | Stress - Isaiah 40:28-31
Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
1. The Reason we have Stress
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
STRESS
a: constraining force or influenceb: a state resulting from a stress…..especially: one of bodily or mental tension resulting from factors that tend to alter an existent equilibrium —Merriam Webster
“Stress is the gap between the demands placed on us and the strength we have in meeting those demands.” —Adrian Rogers
Three Categories of Life’s Responsibilities:
“We become overwhelmed when the distance between our “ought to do” and our “can do” expands from a gap to a gulf!” —Stephen F. Olford
2. The Remedy for Stress
Isaiah 40:30-31
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
“The Christian life is not so much a changed life as it is an exchanged life.” —Watchman Nee
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord
a. You
Psalm 62:1
Truly my soul silently waits for God;
From Him comes my salvation.
Psalm 62:5
My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.
b. You get your
Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
c. You are
Psalm 104:27
These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season.
d. You are
Proverbs 27:18
Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.
3. The Result of God’s Strength
Isaiah 40:31
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
1. You will receive
Isaiah 40:31
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
2. You will receive
Isaiah 40:31
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
3. You will receive
Isaiah 40:31
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.