I see your power renew.

 I See Your Power Renew

A Reflection on Isaiah 40:31 and Psalm 138:7

I see Your power renew—not as a distant, fading force,

But as a living stream that finds me on my weary course.

When my strength is spent and gone, when I cannot take a step,

Your power rises from the ashes, breaking every trap.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. (Isaiah 40:29)

I see Your power renew in the morning of my doubt,

When the night has been too long and I cannot find a way out.

You lift my head, You steady my hand, You breathe into my chest,

And the same power that raised the dead now rouses me from rest.

The power that parted the Red Sea, that walked on Galilee,

That shattered chains and opened graves, that power lives in me.

It does not fade with passing years, it does not shrink from pain.

It rises like the eagle’s wing, it falls like healing rain.

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary. (Isaiah 40:31)

I see Your power renew in the ordinary and the small:

In the patience to forgive again, in the courage to stand tall,

In the quiet trust that says, “I will not fear what man can do,”

In the whisper, “I am Yours, and I am being made new.”

So I thank You for Your power—not just in spectacular displays,

But in the daily, hidden grace that meets me in my ways.

I see Your power renew. And I will watch and wait,

For the Lord, the everlasting God, is never, ever late.

Amen.