One New Year’s Day, in the Tournament of Roses parade, a beautiful float suddenly sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The whole parade was held up until someone could get a can of gas. The funny thing was this float represented the Standard Oil Company. With its vast oil resources, its truck was out of gas.Even though Christians have access to God’s unlimited power, if we do not take advantage of it we will run out of power.Do you ever just get tired of it all?  Sometimes I am tired in body and in spirit.  My strength is exhausted, my determination runs low.  Do you every get irritated with life and fed up with how things are going?  Do you ever just want to call it a day, and go to bed?Unfortunately, one of the characteristics of humanity, even followers of Christ, is that our strength is exhaustible.  We are not superhuman creatures.  Our strength runs out and we face the common problem of weariness.What we decide to do in our times of weariness is critical.  I’ve seen people who were tired, become discourage, they failed to reach out for God’s strength, and eventually they gave up on their faith – they quit.  This is what the devil would like to have happen to each of us.What will we do when we become weary?• Will we turn to our own devices?• Will we forget the Word of God?• Will we abandon our promises made in times of victory?• Will we forget our commitments to Christ?• Will we forget God’s past faithfulness to us?• Or, will we reach out to God like never before?• Will we draw from his strength?• Will we cast our cares on him?• Will we recognize that in our weakness he is made strong?While we must face the reality that all of us must deal with weariness, there is hope from the Scriptures of a deeper reality in which we can tap into the inexhaustible strength of God. Isaiah 40:31 - “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.”The amazing promise of God is that "Those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength." Who are they? You and I. Those whose hope is only in God. The contrast is between the vulnerability of a weary soul and the vitality of a waiting saint. Those who gain strength are those who trust in the Lord. They are believers. They are those who walk by faith and not by sight. They are those who hope in the Lord.What does it mean to wait on the Lord? Literally, the word in Hebrew has the connotation of "to bind" or "to braid." The idea is of binding ourselves or braiding ourselves together with the Lord. Waiting on the Lord means that we exercise faith in Him. To wait on the Lord means that we seek His face earnestly; that we wait patiently and expectantly.The promise to those who wait upon the Lord is that they shall "gain new strength." Some translations put it, "they shall renew their strength." Literally, it means that those who wait upon the Lord shall "change" or "exchange" their strength. We all know what it’s like to have our strength runs out. What we need is new strength, and that’s exactly the promise that’s made to us. We will "gain new strength." As we wait upon Him, we bind ourselves together with Him, we braid ourselves to Him, and receive His strength. We will not gain new strength when the Lord acts to deliver us from our situation; we will gain new strength as we wait for the Lord to deliver us!  The weary and weak are strengthened as they wait for the Lord.Today’s Challenge: If you find yourself without strength, if you don’t know how to face today, much less tomorrow, wait on the Lord (keep trusting, don’t let up) he will give you new strength.

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