Daily Affirmations - Day 4 - Hard Pressed - Yet Borne On Wings Like Eagles
- Alisa B.
- 2 days ago
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Day 4: Yet borne on wings like eagles
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in [wait on] the Lord  will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;  they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint (Isaiah 40:28-31).
O Lord, we desire to delight ourselves in You this day. Give us faith and love and hope that with these three graces we may draw very near to the Triune God.
You will keep us, You will preserve us, You will feed us, You will lead us, and You will bring us to the mind of God, and there show us Your love...
Lord, raise us up above the world. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, and mount and bear us on Your wings, far from these inferior sorrows and inferior joys, up where eternal ages roll.
May we ascend in joyful contemplation and may our spirit come back again, strong for all its service, armed for all its battles, armoured for all its dangers, and made ready to live heaven on earth, until in a little while we shall live heaven in heaven.
Great Father, be with Your waiting people. Any in great trouble, please greatly help. Any that are despondent, please sweetly comfort and cheer. Any that have erred and are smarting under their own sin, do please bring them back and heal their wounds. Any that this day are panting after holiness, please give them the desire of their hearts. Any that are longing for usefulness, please lead them into ways of usefulness.
Lord, we want to live while we live. We pray that we may not merely groan out an existence here below... but oh! give us to live as we ought to live, with a new life that You have put into us... May we...get out into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Grant us this, we pray.
~ Spurgeon ~ The Wonders of Calvary (language updated/edited for clarity)
