1. Chapter 4

2. But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31

3. The everlasting God, the Lord,
Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
Isaiah 40:28

4. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might
He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
Isaiah 40:29-30

5. But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31

6. For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
“In returning and rest
you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength.”
Isaiah 30:15

7. “No, for we will flee on horses”— Therefore you shall flee!
But you would not,
And you said,
“No, for we will flee on horses”—
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
Therefore those who pursue
you shall be swift!
Isaiah 30:16

8. Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted,
that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Isaiah 30:18

9. Living without Striving

10. David’s Life King in Israel Running from Saul Anointed King Goliath
wilderness years
Ten Years
Does NOT
kill Saul

11. David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish. The Lord forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
1 Samuel 26:10–11

12. David’s Life King in Saul Israel Dies Running from Saul Anointed King
Goliath
7 1/2 Years
wilderness years
does NOT
seize the
throne
accepts
partial
Kingship
Judah
Ten Years
Does NOT
kill Saul

13. Living without Striving
Ends do not justify means

14. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
He shall bring forth
your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.
Psalm 37:5–6

15. Living without Striving
Ends do not justify means
God work done God’s way

16. Hudson Taylor Missionary to China (1832-1905) "God's work done in
God's way
will never lack
God's supply"
Hudson Taylor
Missionary
to China
( )

17. Living without Striving Ends do not justify means
God work done God’s way
Obedience over Feelings
- 4:6
, 3:27
, 2:23
- stomach = place of feelings

18. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame— who set their mind on earthly things.
Philippians 3:18–19

19. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame— who set their mind on earthly things.
Philippians 3:18–19

20. And Samuel said, “What have you done?”

21. And Samuel said, “What have you done
And Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash,
1 Samuel 13:11

22. Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”
then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord.’
Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”
1 Samuel 13:12

23. Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”
then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord.’
Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”
1 Samuel 13:12

24. Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly
Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you...
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14

25. Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly
Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you...
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14

26. Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly
Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you...
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14

27. Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly
Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you...
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14

28. Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly
Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you...
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14

29. Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly
Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you...
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
1 Samuel 13:13-14

30. He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’
Acts 13:22

31. He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’
Acts 13:22

32. Living without Striving Ends do not justify means
God work done God’s way
Obedience over Feelings
Obedience over Feelings
- 4:6
, 3:27
, 2:23
- stomach = place of feelings

33. Psalm 18 Living without Striving Ends do not justify means
God work done God’s way
Obedience over Feelings
In His time - His delivering
Psalm 18