Helper Of The Faint

Focus: Psalms 71:9 – KJV: 9. Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

2 Samuel 21:15-17

It is true that when people grow older, they begin to lose their strength. Indeed, after the youthful stage when the strength of man attains its peak, it begins to experience a decline, and the erstwhile man of vigor becomes a pitiable sight, regarding strength. But the case of the believer is not so. For as long as he remains the Lord’s waiter, his strength is renewed, every bit of the way. In actual fact, the Lord is able to make His waiter stronger at old age than in the peak of his youthful years.

During a battle with the Philistines, David grew faint and got exhausted by reason of age. A Philistine giant cornered him with great armor and set out to slaughter him. But for his nephew Abishai who discomfited and killed the giant, David would have been killed. Meanwhile, before he grew so old, David was a giant killer himself. The giant that the whole of the Israeli army was afraid of and would not confront for seven days, he singlehandedly took out and beheaded. On another case, Caleb was forty-five years old or thereabout when he went to spy the promised land at Moses’ instruction. He was vibrant and youthful at the time. Since he waited upon the Lord, when he got to the promised land and needed to possess his portion of the land, his testimony was that he felt the same strength even though he had turned eighty-five.

For the believer, it is never over until the Lord says it is over. All that the Lord desires of us is that we wait on Him, relentlessly. Those who do wait on the Lord draw their strength from the Lord Himself, directly. While others are lamenting that there has been a casting down, those who do wait upon the Lord are always of the testimony of a constant lifting. No matter what the circumstance of life may appear to be, for as long as God cannot die, the believer that will be rescued and always renewed in strength must know assuredly, that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek (wait on) Him. Wait on Him going forward.

Prayer:

Father, I thank you for giving me access to your person and making me to know you as a person. Lord, in this part of eternity, it does not take time for people to become frail. Please give me the grace to wait on you without flinching so that my strength may constantly be renewed like the eagle’s, in Jesus’ name. Amen

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