Hope Power Greater Than Horse Power

" if thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou trusted, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan. " Jeremiah 12 v 5 God expects us to be meek but not weak, strong and not stung. He manifests His strength in the weakest of us. He trains us through the troubles, challenges and difficulties of our lives. We are His runners and cavalry. Only when we move mountains or meet the challenges head on do we experience the fountains of His amazing grace and power in our lives. Every day and every moment, in every situation He expects us to drink deep of His grace and to fly on the wings of prayer and Word. When we do so we can exceed and excel. We will run and not grow tired. We will be not content with what we have done in and for The Lord so far and aim to go higher and further. The Lord wants us to be winners and not whiners. Our hope, our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual stamina or staying power is based on how we stay in The Lord as well as what we say to ourselves and others. The Lord knows that He will catch us in His safety net if we fall. But He tests and checks our inner attitude when we are well within our comfort zone as well as when we are stretched and challenged. We need to be like a resilient rubber ball. The harder we are hit, the higher we bounce. Our focus on the locus of our faith -the Lord, our diligent study and obedient application of His Word determines the altitude we will climb. We will be filled with extraordinary courage. We will be untiring or indefatigable in our efforts for The Lord. Philip literally ran along side the chariot of the Ethiopian official in order to explain the meaning of the scripture he was reading. We are to be strong, valiant and enduring like warriors. We know the battle is the Lord's, that the enemy can get his horses ready but The Lord gives us certain victory even if it seems as if the odds and probabilities are against us. Our souls will never get weary as long as we wear the garment of praise and thanksgiving. Our hope power is far greater than horse power. He will strengthen our feet like the hind feet of mountain goats that are able to climb even near vertical cliffs in order to reach the virgin pastures of the higher reaches of the mountains.