From tired
to triumphant
—it’s what
God does.
As I was contemplating all of this, I
got a note from a friend. She was telling me of her tiredness. She is the sole
breadwinner and is tired of bearing that
burden. She is physically ill to the point
of causing her family much concern and
is tired of being sick. I asked her how she
still stands up under all of that. She responded with this Scripture:
For the eyes of the Lord run to and
fro throughout the whole earth, to
show himself strong in the behalf of
them whose heart is perfect toward
him (
2 Chronicles 16: 9).
The New American Standard Bible
says it this way:
For the eyes of the LORD move to
and fro throughout the earth that
He may strongly support those
whose heart is completely His
(emphasis mine).
In 1 Chronicles 16 we see the children
of Israel rejoicing that they have defeated
the enemy and have the ark of the covenant in their possession, and that chapter
is filled with song. Look at verses 9–11:
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto
him, talk you of all his wondrous
works. Glory you in his holy name:
let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the Lord. Seek the Lord and his
strength, seek his face continually.
Somehow between 1 Chronicles 16: 9
and 2 Chronicles 16: 9, they forgot. They
didn’t seek His face continually. They got
lazy. They got tired. They began to do
what came easy for them and began to
lean on their own strength.
In 2 Chronicles 16, we read about how
the children of Israel trusted in things
other than the Lord and that their enemies triumphed over them and that they
were reminded to trust completely in the
Lord—and then their enemies were defeated. But because they didn’t trust the
Lord, they would suffer.
As I shared these stories from 1 and 2
Chronicles with my children, we noted
these things:
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