"The Battle is Not Yours (It's the Lord's)"

Apologies on how long it's been since I've posted. There are no excuses. Moving on, then...

So...I've been down a bit. My life has suddenly taken some downward turns relationally and it's gotten to the point where I'm actually morbidly fascinated with what's going on, it's kinda got me detached like it's not happening to me. What does continuously amaze me is how people who claim that they love you and always will seem to take some sort of sick pleasure in intentionally or negligently making your life -so- much harder. Anyway...I hadn't read my Bible in a couple of days and I just -needed- a word from God today. -Right- now. It's a good thing that I keep a Bible in my car, cause I'm out of town. Now let me just pause here a second to say...can I get a witness that God's not always on schedule, but He's -always- on time?? I mean...-wow-! So I'm all ragin about females and life and how people suck and then I'm thinkin..."I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from which cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made Heave and Earth" (Psalm 121:1-2), right? So...what am I doing depending on people to begin with?? It's not like I don't already know better from -many- previous experiences. So I crack open my Bible...and I got a testimony.
This Bible I haven't really used for anything other than church for years. But I was given this Bible December 28th, 1996 after I got salvation confirmation. I can't tell you the last time that I wrote in this Bible. So...I see notes from back when I used to outline possible future sermons (around the age of 12), and I get intrigued. Now...this is how the Lord works. I can't remember the last time that I even looked through these passages, but I look through them today, and it was -exactly- what I needed. Twice. Allow me to share it in a two part-er. This post, and then the next. The first one is almost exclusively Scripture. The Bible speaks for itself.

The passage is Isaiah 40:28-31:

"27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?(resume reading)

28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.(resume reading)

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.(resume reading)

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:(resume reading)

31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.(resume reading)

Now...I was -literally- about to write someone and ask what I had done to deserve something that had happened...and then I read verse 27. Every question needs an answer, right? So then there is verse 28 to answer the question. God says "What? You Don't know?? God ain't phased. You better -ask- (pronounced "ax") somebody!" Just in case you're still a bit confused, He goes on tell you that "He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength (verse 29). You might have heard that another way before. It's in a song and it goes something like "All of my help cometh from the Lord" (based off of Psalm 121:2). He's saying that He doesn't need anything. He's got this all by Himself. Just trust Him. Don't try to He-man it because "Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall"Verse 30. And, to wrap it all up "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint" (Verse 31).

Those verses were referenced as "Wait Upon the Lord"
Also, this is still in the front of my Bible, there was a reference to "Fear thou not":
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness" (Isaiah 41:10). God is once again saying, "Don't worry about it. I got it".

Let me tell you...that took about 2 minutes to make me smile and marvel at the fact that His ways are -much- higher than mine (Isaiah 55:9), which is to say, that He has plans that stretch longer than my lifetime. It's nice to know that -someone- knows what's going on and even has an intelligent design for it all. Cause Heaven knows that -I- sure don't :P

Anyway...if you'll excuse me, I have to go sharpen my nails so that I can more securely hang onto my sanity by just my fingertips :P

God got it, y'all. Now and always. It's gotta be more than coincidence, but right now I'm listenin to "The Battle is Not Yours (It's the Lord's)".
Amen.