Renewal

Isaiah 40 v 31
Introduction, long distance from Cairo, son on donkey grandmother brush with the law
Are you tired? Bored? Fed up? Are you knackered? Do you feel like you are running on empty? Our strength will eventually run out! Our enthusiasm, our energy, our delight, our excitement with life, will someday fall away. Good news huh? We are called to run the race, for God with God-to-God, how are we getting on? 7 year switch, spiritually we need to be renewed too!
I. The need for renewal
A. Some have quit running
1. They may still be around the race course
2. They may even still be standing among the runners
B. Some are tired of running
1. The race has been long and the course is difficult
2. These are people who are thinking about quitting
C. Some are tired in running
1. They are still plodding on
2. They are tired and thus less effective in running.
D. Just about everyone needs periodic renewal, if you are not there today, you maybe there tomorrow
II. The source of renewal
A. Resolution will not do
1. It is good to make resolutions
2. Resolution alone will not solve this problem
B. Self help Methods will not do
1. This is the big stress today, you can do whatever you set out to do, you can do it!
2. Many are finding that the race is too tough for this
C. Only spiritual renewal will do
1. The difficulties we face today all have a spiritual dimension
2. Only a spiritual change will help
D. The Lord is the source of our strength














III. The manner of renewal: “wait on the Lord”
A. It requires submission to his will
1. We wait as a servant waits for instruction
2. Only a submitted will waits
B. It requires listening to his word
1. There is no sure way to hear his voice outside of his word
2. There is no sure way to wait on him without listening for his voice
C. It requires obedience to his commands
1. Submission settles the issue
2. Continual commitment is required
D. it is only as we wait on the Lord that we will find strength
IV. The results of renewal
A. Help for the day to day
1. They shall walk and not faint
2. The day to day, the usual is the hardest of all
B. Strength for the extra demands
1. They shall run and not grow weary
2. Your call, your ministry is extra demanding! A lot of work for few people, a lot of need for a few givers, but if you step up, God steps in.
C. Ability for the exceptional opportunity
1. They shall mount up with wings as eagles
2. There is always an opportunity, we have to have the eyes of eagles to seem them sometimes, but when we do God will lift us, we will soar with him
3. Don’t you want to soar?
Conclusion
Wait on the Lord, A church that is waiting on the Lord always knows where it’s strength lies, namely in God. The same goes for the tired, the depressed, the overworked the miserable as well as the happy, content and peaceful, if you wait on God, you receive his renewal, his joy, and the joy of the Lord is our strength. Born to fly, May you………………..