Isa 40:31
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. NKJV
Increase rabah: Multiply, abundant, exceed.
Often, we are overwhelmed with work and responsibilities. We feel that there is too much to do and too little time to do it. The real issue is not time management but energy management. Experience enabling grace and wisdom to recharge, replenish and renew our body, soul and spirit in the limited time we have and be more productive, fruitful, fulfilled and joyful.
A. Let your Creator renew your physical body
Psa 91:16
With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation. NKJV
Satisfy saba: Filled, full, excess, abundance, free from weariness, satisfy.
My salvation yeshua: save, deliverance, prosperity, health, Jesus.
1 Cor 9:27
I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified. NLT
Fill your mouth with
things
Psa 103:5
Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. NKJV
1 Tim 4:4-5
… For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5because it is consecrated (set apart) by the word of God and prayer. NIV
Deut 4:40
You shall therefore keep His statutes which I command you today, that it may go well with you and that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
Be open to new things and supplements but avoid fanciful diets and excessive claims about all kinds of things. Get back to the ageless wisdom of His Word.
Lev 3:17
This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood. NKJV
Gen 45:18
and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.’
Lev 11:7
And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. BSB
Gen 1:29
Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
Eze 4:9
Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself.
Eat food with a low GI index.
Glycemic index (GI) – the rate at which food is broken down into sugar. The higher the index, the faster the sugar is produced – causing stress to the pancreas. Over the years it causes degenerative diseases like diabetes.
Make your body your servant
1 Cor 9:27
… I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. NKJV
Q. Why the real issue is not time but energy management?
Q. Why does he give us long life?
Q. What is the simple bible guide towards eating good things?
B. Let your Creator renew your
3 John 1:2
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. NKJV
Prov 14:30
A relaxed attitude lengthens a man’s life; jealousy rots it away. TLB
Prov 17:22
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Cheerful sameah: Happy, joyful, merry, gleeful, blithe.
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” **Saint Francis of Assisi
Replace your misery with the
of God
Isa 40:27
Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”?
Isa 40:27
O Jacob, how can you say that the Lord doesn’t see your troubles and isn’t being fair? TLB
Rom 8:32
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Recharge by spending time with your family and church family
Heb 10:25
We should not stop gathering together with other believers, as some of you are doing. Instead, we must continue to encourage each other even more as we see the day of the Lord coming. GW
Q. How to have a healthy soul?
Q. Why is it important to spend with your family and church family?
Q. What is the importance of planning activities with your family and friends to relax and recharge?
C. Let the Creator renew your
Isa 40:31
But they that wait upon 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. TLB
Renews chalaph: To change, to sprout again, to substitute, to exchange, to renew, repair.
Mount up with wings ‘alah: To soar, go up, climb, spring up, excel.
Job 39:27-29
Does the eagle soar at your command and build his nest on high? 28He dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is his stronghold. 29From there he seeks out his food; his eyes detect it from afar.
Wait qavah: To hope, to expect, look eagerly for, to lie in wait for, to linger for, to trust.
1. Allow God’s Word, not man’s word, to
into your heart
Psa 119:92-93
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. 93I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
Rom 10:17
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
2. Pray in the Holy Spirit
Rom 8:26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
3. Keep your Sabbath
Exo 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Prov 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
4. Take Holy Communion regularly
John 6:51
I am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My body. AMP
Q. What does renewing our strength mean?
Q. How to wait upon the Lord?
Q. How do we keep the Sabbath holy? What are some examples of keeping the Sabbath holy?
Challenge of the Week
1. Memorize
Isa 40:31
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. NKJV
2. Write down what you plan and do this week to adjust your diet and relaxing exercises.
3. What is God saying to recharge your emotions amidst all the setbacks, pain and misery?
4. What changes will you do to your daily schedule to set time with God, family, serving and recreation?
5. What do you plan to do to renew your spirit – and have the wisdom to balance activities that drain you and activities that recharge you.
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