OUR YOUTH RENEWED LIKE THE
EAGLE’S
I’ve been very blessed
with good health and a lot of my strength and youthfulness I attribute to
quoting Psalm 103:5 every morning as I’m driving to work. It says, “He
satisfies my mouth with good things so that my youth is renewed like the
eagles.”
As the eagle goes through
the different stages of its life, molting takes place and the new feathers are
graciously provided. God created a way for this majestic bird to grow the
necessary new beautiful feathers as it matures. We need the same thing, brand
new feathers to keep us youthful and strong as we also mature.
This scripture is not only
talking about God providing good physical food we can eat that can renew our
youthfulness, but even more important is the bread of life God’s given us to
eat—His living Word. As we take the truths of the Bible into us and as we speak
them out of our mouth, we get new insight, answers that weren’t there before,
fresh understanding and youthful excitement.
I don’t know about you,
but for me, with the election, with work situations, with stuff happening to my
friends and my family, I feel a little faint-hearted, a little weary. But just
a few minutes ago I saw this section of scripture, and I was literally renewed
and strengthened in my mind.
Isaiah
40:29-32: “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.”
I believe that taking
delight in God’s Word, both the written Word and the awesomeness of the Lord’s
presence in our everyday lives keeps us strong and our youth is renewed like
the eagle’s.
Let’s take some time, even
just 15 minutes, to read something from God’s Word and see what the Lord wants
to tell us today. I know it sounds so simple, but how often do we intend
on doing something, but other things come up and we never get around to it? Like
the Nike advertisement goes, JUST DO IT!
Love, Carolyn
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