isaiah 40:31 sermon

Thomas, D. D.)The highest strength derived from the highest serviceD. Capacity for the most strenuous exertion.IV. He points us also to the condition on which this Divine energy is to be recovered: "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength."1. This is the highest of all exercises of spiritual strength, and effectually prepares for all the rest. Wait for the power of the Holy Spirit every day. WAITING UPON GOD HATH IN ITSELF A NATURAL TENDENCY TO ESTABLISH AND STRENGTHEN THE SOUL. The result will be as it is figuratively expressed: We shall mount up; we shall run; we shall walk.I. ALL RENEWAL OF STRENGTH SHOULD BE REGULAR. H. Anderson.I. (3) But as only few can fly and only some can run, there are still some who can only walk. But, further. But the period comes when these youthful impulsions give place to the more restrained and disciplined energies of life, like those of the runner who has trained himself to maintain his pace, and to maintain it by not exceeding it. Our revisers have left this text exactly as, it stands in the A.V., "Mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and walk," and yet I do not think it is what the prophet meant. It was in this greater exigency that his inner ear caught the promise, "My grace is sufficient for thee."(J. "They Shall Mount up with Wings" (Isa. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth 'Have Ye Not? The world expects it of me; Christ demands it of me. Reasons for this prohibition from Moses, Isaiah, and Paul. God is so near. The soul of fallen man naturally grovels on the earth; his face instead of being raised to heaven, is prone toward the ground. And then we come to the quiet, steady, persistent "walk." None had such joy as Christ. He outflies many of the petty vexations and grovelling desires that drag a worldling down into the mire. "Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart." WHEREIN CONSISTS THE STRENGTH SPOKEN OF BY THE PROPHET?1. Wesley fashioned modern England by faith. He flies in company with the sun. A. This is that which does for the most part extend itself to the outside and form of religion. We must renew our strength, for it is for our honour, comfort, and safety.4. Our utter impotence. xl. Any duration. But he saith of a certain number, "My people." Reflections 1. His largeness and clearness of view give corresponding elevation and decision to his character. "I can do all things," said Paul, "through Christ which strengtheneth me." If called upon to act a public part, he will seek to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, that thus, while serving the Master, his own character may continually grow. Use all strength as a gift of God. 26 and 29. We are taught where we must go in times of trouble. It is in the period of youth that we have our ambitious dreams, and take our higher flights. And that power God has provided. Those who have not eagle's wings still have some power of motion, they can run on the earth and in the path of God's commandments. "Every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. art thou conscious of thy declining state? Such devout, humble souls shall "renew their strength." The highest point in his destiny is to be conformed to the image of the Son of God. But He requires, as the condition of our receiving His grace, that we sincerely feel and humbly acknowledge our need of it; and that, ceasing from our own wisdom, and confessing from the heart our own weakness, we throw ourselves unreservedly upon His wisdom and strength. And it is this that tries our mettle most of all. 9. And the man who waits upon God enters into that eternal calm and blessedness.(F. "They shall put forth fresh feathers as the moulting eagle." And God, in His omnipotence and faithfulness, is willing to work in my heart every moment of the day.2. But more than all, in view of the great work to which he is calling his countrymen, he writes for those who feel called upon to do something in the world, for those who are conscious of high powers, and are in the purest sense of the word ambitious.(T. Ward Beecher.What are some of the methods by which men, in the Divine economy, advance in spiritual impulse, and rise permanently higher?1. Comforts the people.Dictionary of Bible ThemesIsaiah 40:314612birds4690wings5763attitudes, positive to God5767attitudes, in prayer8150revival, personal8463priority, of faith, hope and love9612hope, in God9615hope, results ofIsaiah 40:27-316233rejection, experienceIsaiah 40:28-315537sleeplessness8724doubt, dealing withIsaiah 40:29-315057rest, physicalIsaiah 40:30-315178running8145renewal, people of GodLibraryApril 18. The affections are strengthened by holy exercises on right objects. Tucker, B. A.I. Anderson. "They shall renew their strength." Have we made the hope that is laid up in God our own? And when He Calls us home, He who sits upon the circle of the heavens, and sees all the sorrow of this world as you and I can never see it, bids us "Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." Wesley fashioned modern England by faith. In simplicity of intention. Our revisers have left this text exactly as, it stands in the A.V., "Mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and walk," and yet I do not think it is what the prophet meant. But, further. In religious experience youth is the time of wings. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.' They shall walk and not faint words which seem to denote consistency in common daily life. Other images are used; those of the runner in the stadium, and the wrestler in the arena; but it is always on the walking that stress is laid. "Mount up with wings as eagles, run, walk," and one might almost dare to add a fourth "stand still!"(F. You see the progression of ideas; it is strength that has to be renewed, and it has to be renewed by God, and God gives it when we wait upon Him. Hast thou not known? Is prayer less a privilege than it has John Ross MacduffThe Faithful Promiser, "And the Redeemer Shall Come unto Zion, and unto them that Turn,"Isaiah lix. Do not all the influences which go to make up the ever-teeming society? When, again, we think of those whose pleasures are more purely intellectual, we know that an enfeebled memory puts an effectual check on the acquisition of knowledge.3. But there are other thoughts that come to us in the quietude of the Divine fellowship. Who can bring strength out of weakness? When love to God is ardent and constant in its exercise, then there is real strength. A change from one kind of strength to another. "Run without weariness."3. (vers. THE NATURE OF THIS GREAT BLESSING WHICH GOD HAS ASSURED TO ALL THAT WAIT UPON HIM. (2) Our manifold afflictions (Hebrews 12:5). In consequence of the exhausted spirits of the weary traveller never being renewed, some who did run well are hindered, and halt in their career; while others adopt altogether a retrograde movement, return to the path of their former delights, apostatise from the faith, and become worse than infidels.2. art thou conscious of thy declining state? (Andrew Murray. L. Wiseman, B. One man's desires, and therefore his hopes, will go forth in the direction of the pleasures of sense. They are willing to receive direction and instruction from Him.3. )God's grace sufficient for all life's stagesJ. The guiding God: or the picture of the leading. THE DUTY HERE RECOMMENDED. Sweet childhood of eternal life! This is expressive of 1. 1. "I will run in the way of Thy commandments, when Thou shalt enlarge my heart."3. But waiting upon God not only implies worship, it also implies obedience. )The encouragement of true worshippersW. He must give up all that he loveth for his Beloved, for Jesus will be loved alone above all things. We know that they develop first by the body. It is a crown (1 Corinthians 9:25). Not only in the immediate exercises of religion, but at all times the Christian will be animated by a spirit of devotion. 1. THE PROMISE. The eagle is a bird that soars upwards towards heaven: so is the Christian to mount upwards in holy contemplation. "They that wait," etc. There had been no heaven-sent sign to assure them that there was any F. So there is no word of truth, but it hath a season and time in which it is beautiful. With a stronger stroke than the eagle's wing will he be able to beat the air and penetrate to the third heaven; he will run before the chariot of the king and get to the city sooner than the fleetest horses of which even the king of Israel can boast; like Asahell he shall be lissom of limb and light of foot; and when far in the trackless desert even the endurance of the camel gives out, shall the man of God hold on his way. But, in order to obtain aid from on high, we must make use of the appointed and appropriate means. )Strength of soul made perfect by hope in GodW. To those who live in this spirit is given AN EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISE. At the best, however, these lofty flights can only be occasional. John CalvinThe Institutes of the Christian Religion. And his incomparableness26. There are divers things which we are liable to faint at, which yet the Scripture takes us off from fainting at. We use the word also with reference to a state of expectation, more or less prolonged: as when we say that we are "waiting" for some friend. Unclouded sunshine.III. Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Secret of Immortal Youth'Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall. A good Christian performs good duties with some life and fervour in them. Let us notice: THIS WAITING UPON THE LORD. Yes; and embodied in the experience of a great multitude of souls. Then I have a question to ask. He must give up all that he loveth for his Beloved, for Jesus will be loved alone above all things. But once we understand that it is God that must work it in us, then I understand that my highest passivity will be my highest activity, for when I give myself entirely away to God, God can work in me, and then I will work as they that wait upon the Lord."1. THE HIGHEST STRENGTH IS DERIVED FROM THE HIGHEST SERVICE.1. "They Shall Mount up with Wings" (Isa. If we can bring these two together, what a wondrous thing will happen! That God will "renew our strength." Although we cannot always account for these moods of the soul, we might all experience them more frequently if our habitual attitude were more of a "waiting upon God." That is the time when we are spiritually aggressive, when we count as an active force in the world.3. (3) The afflictions of others, and the scandal of the Cross (Ephesians 3:13). To do this makes greater demands upon our moral steadfastness than to do either of the before-mentioned stages in our life experience. Faith can work miracles. Despair paralyses. Thank God, too, for the running stage. The preaching of John Baptist foretold9. It is like a banquet spread before one who has no appetite or whose habitual food is altogether different, or like a rich and perfect performance of music to one who is altogether destitute of any musical sense.II. 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