Renew Your StrengthSpeaker: Dr. Paul Dhinakaran Gist: Wait on the Lord. Renew your strength. God will uplift you. You will inherit the earth. What is the secret of 'inheriting the earth?'
God will command the mercy and pleasure on the eyes of all people on the one who waits upon the Lord, morning, noon and evening the whole day.
My parents, after having accepted the Lord and were filled with the Holy Spirit, used to pray as a family for quite a long time in the night. As my father had received the 'gifts' of the Holy Spirit, the Lord would speak to my father. During those days, my father, after his return from his office, would be reading and studying the Bible for a long time. My mother also would be reading the Bible for hours together. As my dad's father (my grand-dad) was a teacher, many students would come to him, in the evenings for tuition. One among them once asked my mother, "Akka, (Elder sister) You are constantly reading the Bible; what is in it, after all?" My mother replied, "God speaks to us through the words in it; He grants us mighty blessings." the boy could not understand what she said. He continued, "You pray, saturated with great joy; you must pray so that I receive the same experience." When informed about the Holy Spirit, he begged, with tears, "I also need the Holy Spirit". He started participating in the Evening family prayer. One day Jesus came and spoke to the boy through my father; 'Son, if you are filled with the Holy Spirit, many people will turn hostile to you; your family people will spurn you. Despite all these setbacks, will you follow Me? If you encounter difficulties, after being filled with My Spirit, will you bear them with fortitude and still come after Me?" Immediately he concurred: "Lord, it does not matter whatever adversaries assail me; all I need is Your Holy Spirit. I require this peace, joy and power." He cried bitterly. God heeded his cry and longing. He filled him with His mighty Spirit, the very same night. Days rolled on. Just as the Lord had foretold, severe opposition hit him in his own house. But he lived on, passionately loving God always overwhelmed by the power and strength of the Holy Spirit. After a short while, when a senior Executive Officer in an Estate came to my father for prayers, he made enquiries about this young man; coming to know that he was unemployed, he sent for him and appointed him as a supervisor in his Estate. He allotted a big house for him to live in and helped him to be uplifted in his life.
"But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
You too wait on the Lord. Renew your strength. God will uplift you. You will inherit the earth.
Prayer:
Loving Heavenly Father,
Please forgive all my sins and shortcomings. Cleanse me one more time with Your precious blood. Teach me to wait on Your feet everyday. Grant me Your divine grace so that I may endure all trials and tribulations in this world with patience. Help me to rise up like an eagle renewed by Your strength. Grant me Your grace so that I may inherit the earth and receive mercy at everyone's sight. In Jesus' name, I pray.
Amen. |