"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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."
Isaiah 40:28-31
These verses first establish that God doesn't get tired or wear out, and then illustrates that without God even the most energetic will eventually collapse, but that with God, we not only can refresh and recharge, but that we can do more than we ever thought we could in the first place... theoretically we would not get tired, could keep walking forever without collapsing, and even more, fly. That's a huge step from fainting to flying... I think to illustrate that the Lord is talking about much more than just getting tired.
God is basically saying here... you have physical limitations, but with me, you can move beyond those. God himself, even though he has a body, transcends mortal limitations. Scripturally there is a lot of evidence for this. Spiritual travel, where the Spirit conveys someone from one place to another, moving things with faith, including mountains, causing rocks to shed light, walking on water, parting the sea, healing the sick, raising the dead, transcending death, ascending into heaven, the whole creation of the universe, etc.
Today, let's turn to the Lord for help in doing good and following his path. As we do, we can be blessed to transcend whatever physical limitations are getting in our way, as the Lord sees fit, of course... but knowing that he can do it, and can help us do it, might free us mentally enough to know when to ask for it, and we can start practicing this principle in our lives as well. Maybe it starts out with just a little extra energy or motivation to accomplish something for the Lord, but if we stay on that track and someday learn all that the Lord has to teach us, then walking on water and flying are somewhere on that path as possible things to learn. Advanced lessons, surely, but the limitations here are not physical ones, but rather the level of our faith, and being on the same page with God about what is needed. :)
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