Aug 31.00: Light For The Day - "Perfect In Weakness"

-- Isaiah 40:29-31 (NLT)
"He gives power to those who are tired and worn
out; he offers strength to the weak. 30 Even youths
will become exhausted, and young men will give up.
31 But those WHO WAIT ON THE LORD will find
new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary. They will walk 
and not faint."

"Nhung ai trong doi Duc Jehova thi chac duoc suc
moi, cat canh bay cao nhu chim ung; chay ma khong
met nhoc, di ma khong mon moi ."

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Your faith will never be weak when you are weak,
but when you are strong your faith cannot be strong. 
To the apostle Paul, Jesus said, 
"My strength is made perfect in weakness." 
(2 Cor. 12:9).

The only way to increase our faith is through great
trouble. We do not grow strong in faith on sunny
days; only in stormy weather do we obtain it. 
Strong faith does not drop from heaven in a gentle
dew; generally, it comes in the whirlwind and
the storm.

Look at the old oaks. How did they become so
deeply rooted? The match winds will tell you. 
It was not the April showers or the sweet May
sunshine that caused the roots to wrap around
the rock. It was the rough, blustering, north
winds of March shaking the trees.

Life in the barracks does not produce great
soldiers. Great soldiers are amid flying shot
and thundering cannons. Nor are good sailors
made on calm seas. Good sailors are made on
the deep, where the wild wind howls and the
thunder rolls like drums. Storms and tempests
make tough and hardy sailors. "They see the
works of the LORD and His wonders in the
deep" (Ps 107:24).

It is the way with the Christians, great faith must
have great trials. Bunyan's character would never
have been Mr. Great-heart if he had not once been 
Mr. Great trouble. Valiant-for-truth would never
have defeated the foes if they had not attacked him.

So it is with us. We must expect great troubles
before we attain great faith.

-- C.H. Spurgeon
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-- 2 Corinthians 4:16 (RSV)
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature
is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed 
every day."

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