Esperar no Senhor: como renovar as forças no cansaço
Para renovar as forças no cansaço da espera
Esperar no Senhor não é inércia, mas a decisão diária de confiar quando tudo parece parado. A Bíblia ensina que essa espera não desgasta a sua vida: ela devolve o fôlego a quem não aguenta mais lutar com as próprias forças.
but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint.(Isaiah 40:31)
Dá fôlego novo para continuar caminhando quando a exaustão faz parecer que você não vai aguentar o resto da semana.
Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.(Psalms 27:14)
Sustenta o coração na hora da fraqueza, lembrando que a coragem nasce de descansar em Deus, não de tentar controlar o desfecho.
And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.(Isaiah 30:18)
Tira a sensação de abandono e garante que Deus não está atrasado: Ele prepara o momento certo para estender a mão.
Para acalmar o coração quando a pressa aperta
I waited patiently for Jehovah; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings: And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah. Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies. Thou, O Jehovah my God hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak them, they are more than can be numbered.
Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded; Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me — To do thy good pleasure, my God is my delight, and thy law is within my heart. I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, thou knowest. I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me. For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me. Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;(Psalms 40:1-14)
Mostra que o seu clamor não se perdeu no vazio e que Deus é especialista em tirar os pés da lama para colocá-los em terra firme.
Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him.(Psalms 62:5)
Cala a ansiedade e devolve a serenidade, ensinando a alma a não depender de garantias humanas para ficar em paz.
I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than the watchers wait for the morning, more than the watchers for the morning.(Psalms 130:5,6)
Acolhe a angústia da vigília e traz a certeza de que a fidelidade de Deus vai raiar na sua vida com a mesma pontualidade da manhã.
Para perseverar quando a promessa parece longe
Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence; in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.(Proverbs 3:5,6)
Descarrega o fardo de ter que descobrir todas as respostas sozinho e entrega o mapa da sua vida a quem enxerga a curva da estrada.
Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain. Ye also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.(James 5:7,8)
Ajuda a tolerar a espera lembrando que a semente lançada em oração está germinando em segredo, mesmo que os olhos ainda não vejam o fruto.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.(2 Peter 3:9)
Troca o desespero da demora pela confiança no caráter de um Pai que não quebra promessas nem erra a hora de agir.
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