apostolos
Does this mean that believers in the LORD will never be tired? No. The larger context makes it clear that those who are in dependence upon the LORD will be provided the strength and/or energy to accomplish that which is required as they individually place themselves in a resting position in God's plan, like a leaf being carried by a stream current. Please understand that I do not mean that a believer is to be inactive. Rather I am saying it is the strength of the LORD that makes the activity productive according to the plan that the LORD has established for that individual. Psalm 1 serves as an excellent support to this truth.
This somehow does not square with the verse here.
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."
To run and not to weary is pretty much a definitive staement. It reads to me as a statement of being unlimited in the ability to run. Are we to assume that those who believe never fail in their task? I also would like to know how you square up the statement "that which is required as they individually place themselves in a resting position in God's plan" with a free will.If god is interfering by supplying strength then he is altering an outcome that would otherwise happened which,in turn, neglects the choice of others involved with this person.
I am sorry I find this a poor apologetics.
This message has been edited by sidelined, 02-04-2005 19:58 AM