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Many years ago when I lived in Texas, my pastor said in a sermon “If you want to fly higher than a kite, start bragging on Jesus”. I thought he was crazy when he said this but I began to tell people that Jesus Loves them. This verse tells us that if we will wait upon the Lord, He will renew our strength. This does not mean for us to sit around waiting for Him to do something for us. It means to serve Him. When I receive emails that are critical and sarcastic, I start sending people encouraging emails, and my strength is renewed.
Jesus tells us that He will renew our strength. For Him to renew it, we must first have it. We must make a heart commitment, not a head and verbal commitment, but a heart commitment to Jesus and invite Him into our hearts to be our personal Saviour. The amount of our happiness depends on how much we love Him and how much of our lives we give Him. If we only give Him a couple of hours a day, then we will only have a couple of hours of happiness.
Jesus served God every hour of the day. The reason why Jesus was able keep going despite all the ridicule, criticism, sarcasm, abuse, loneliness, heartache and scorn is because He always reached out and encouraged and comforted people. He not only gave His life on the cross; He spent every minute telling and proving to people that He Loved them. You may think that there is nothing you can do for Jesus, but every one of us can smile and love people to Him by our words and by our actions.