WhenYouPray

Matthew 6:
6 When you pray,
go to your room and
close the door.
Pray privately to your Father who is with you.
Your Father sees what you do in private.
He will reward you.    (God's Word)

The Lord Jesus, in His instructions on prayer in Matthew 6: 6, assures us that when our heavenly Father sees us diligently pursuing the art and habit of meeting with Him in private, our Father's response is to reward us.
The Apostle James lets us know that God rewards anyone who diligently seeks Him out.
Our heavenly Father values greatly our setting aside time for seeking Him out!

Isaiah 40:
28 Don't you know?   Haven't you heard?
The eternal God, the LORD,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
doesn't grow tired or become weary.
His understanding is beyond reach.
29 He gives strength to those who grow tired
and increases the strength of those who are weak.
30 Even young people grow tired and become weary,
and young men will stumble and fall.
31 Yet, the strength of those who wait
with hope in the LORD will be renewed.
They will soar on wings like eagles.
They will run and won't become weary.
They will walk and won't grow tired.    (God's Word)

We have been examining how our heavenly Father rewards those who take the time to seek Him out regularly and diligently in private. Today the Prophet Isaiah teaches us about another reward from our Father.

Many times in life we become bogged down by the burdensome tasks of life.
Isaiah lets us know that when we get into this kind of situation, and we persist in seeking out our heavenly Father diligently, God puts His mighty strength beneath us and holds us up, until the time of stress is over.

Isaiah lets us know that sometimes in these situations we forget that our God is the eternal God and the Creator of the ends of the earth.   In other words, Isaiah reminds us that our Father is all powerful!
Then Isaiah focuses on the problem we're experiencing from our Father's view point:
Isaiah 40:
28 Don't you know?   Haven't you heard?
The eternal God, the LORD,
the Creator of the ends of the earth,
doesn't grow tired or become weary.
His understanding is beyond reach.
Our Father understands what we are going through, and as long as we remember that He isn't getting tired or becoming weary, we know we will make it through this season without collapsing.

Isaiah reminds us that we can draw strength from our Father when we become tired
and He increases His support to us when we become weak.
Hallelujah!   This is the kind of reward we can find nowhere else but in God!

In verse 30, the Prophet points out that even the young, who are at the peak of strength and energy, can grow tired,  become weary,  stumble  and fall - if they don't seek out the Lord diligently and regularly.

However, God's promise to us when we persist in having a daily quiet time with Him, is that
we will not become tired as we walk His path and
we won't give in to exhaustion as we run in His race.
Instead, He will cause us to soar when the wind of the Holy Spirit lifts us in our inner person each day.
We will be able to choose to rejoice in our own spirit which draws it strength from God's Spirit as we take the time to seek Him out regularly.

Prayer:
Loving heavenly Father,
today I come and bow before Your awesome presence
with much thanksgiving and gratitude in my heart,
because You are the One who strengthens and equips me
for today:
for everything I must face and
every person I must encounter.
You lift me on Your wind of strength today.
Lord Holy Spirit, I thank You for Your constant presence lifting me today,
in Jesus' mighty name,   Amen.