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 those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
They will mount up with wings like eagles.
They will run, and not be weary.
They will 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.
Sustenta o coração na hora da fraqueza, lembrando que a coragem nasce de descansar em Deus, não de tentar controlar o desfecho.
Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who 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 Yahweh.
He turned to me, and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit,
out of the miry clay.
He set my feet on a rock,
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God.
Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust,
and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done,
and your thoughts which are toward us.
They can’t be declared back to you.
If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire.
You have opened my ears.
You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
Then I said, "Behold, I have come.
It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
I delight to do your will, my God.
Yes, your law is within my heart."
I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly.
Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart.
I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation.
I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh.
Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
For innumerable evils have surrounded me.
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up.
They are more than the hairs of my head.
My heart has failed me.
Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me.
Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it.
Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.(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.
My soul, wait in silence for God alone,
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 Yahweh.
My soul waits.
I hope in his word.
My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning,
more than watchmen 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
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
and don’t lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.(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.
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.(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 is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone 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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