Vitality III

‘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’ Isa.40:31 [KJV].

God wants you and I to have a system of vitality, a system of strength renewal. As eagle believers we must learn the secret of renewal and vitality. The key can be found in Isaiah 40:31 ‘But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength…’. The eagle went into the rock and renewed its strength. Jesus is our rock. The key is in knowing how to wait upon the Lord for renewal spiritually, physically, intellectually, character wise, and emotionally. These five areas are known as the S.P.I.C.E. areas. If you pay close attention to the Gospels, you will find that Jesus also had a system of vitality and strength renewal.

I have a strategy of retreat and renewal. I deflect daily, meaning I deliberately take my mind off the things I do daily. A lot of my work is spiritual and intellectual so for me to deflect I may need to dance, play a game, or do things with my hands that is not necessarily strategic. I withdraw weekly – every week I have a Sabbath because God expects us to have a Sabbath. For one day in every week I am unavailable. Sometimes I just rest in God’s presence and before the day is over my wings have grown again. I abandon annually, at different points in the year I abandon everything. At different seasons in a year, I abandon and I just go. And when I come back, guess what, the church is still alive. Look the truth is if you die today, the world/work will go on. Especially couples, never think your spouse cannot do without you. That will be a big mistake. Unfortunately for us we choke ourselves to death thinking if we don’t show up, nothing will happen. If that is the case then there is something wrong. You have to set up your business in a way that it can run without you at least for the period of time you will not be around.

You don’t have to do it exactly as I do but it may help you to come up with your own system of vitality and strength renewal. Without renewing its strength, the eagle would not achieve all that God has planned for it.

Prayer: Holy Spirit, I ask that You will work with me and help me come up with a system of vitality and strength renewal so that I can be all that God has called me to be, in Jesus Name.