Comfort and Strength As Close As A Whisper

If you're like me, there are times when you need comfort, assurance and strength.  The daily grind added to the attacks on our souls, seems to wear us down. 

We have a tendency to fight our battles with the strength of our own arms.  While we do need to go to battle, to fight the good fight, our strength is not sufficient. One person, alone, cannot muster enough strength to win the fight. 

Knowing that we are on God's side is enough to help us maintain our stand during adversity.  In Isiah 40 verse 1 (NLT) God says  " Comfort, comfort my people...Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. Tell her that her sad days are gone and that her sins are pardoned..." They still had 100 years of trouble and 70 years of exile. God didn't say they would escape adversity (and neither will we). He said they were forgiven.  Even today we have that same comfort. Going into our personal daily battles with the knowledge that God is with us, can give us the strength to overcome those adversities and trials.

Sounds simple, right? It is simple but not easy. At the end of Chapter 40 God says, " He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired,  and young men will fall in exhaustion.  But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint."

"Trust" is not a noun, it is a verb. It is action. So how do we trust in the Lord?  By prayer, worship and service to others.
 

So when (not if) you need His comfort, Strength, and Assurance, "Trust in the Lord" with your worship, prayer and service. He is as close as a whisper.