The Reservoir of Our Strength

Isaiah 40:28

Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.

Whenever we do the work of the Lord, we are like broken bread and poured out wine.  We are providing nourishment to those around us.  It does not matter what we are doing.  We may be serving.  We may be giving.  We may be praying.  Whatever it is that we are doing for others can drain us to the point of exhaustion. When the body is physically or emotionally drained, the spirit can also be exhausted.  To keep up our strength, we must insure that we are seeking our power from the One who never wearies.  Our affections must be with Him and not with the world.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we have become weak in our efforts to serve You.  We have looked to ourselves and the world around us for our strength.  We pray that You show us how to overcome our unbelief, our pride and our self-confidence.  We ask that you show us how to draw on the endless reservoir of the Holy Spirit within us to provide our strength.