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27. Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God"?
28. Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
29. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
30. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31. 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,
they will walk and not be faint.
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Isaiah 40:28 He Does Not Faint It has been my privilege to officiate dozens of weddings in my 35 year ministry. One of the funniest, and thus the most memorable, was not one I conducted but one in which I was a minor participant. At the rehearsal I normally instruct the men in the wedding party to be aware that when they stand at attention at the front of the sanctuary that they be careful to keep from standing at rigid attention like a soldier. I instruct them to put their hands crossed in front of them (to avoid hands in pockets) and to keep their knees loose, to keep from cutting off circulation. In this wedding I was not officiating, so I did not have the chance to coach the young men on that. During the wedding I was seated in the sanctuary near the front enjoying the service and observing the events. I noticed that one certain young man was standing rather stiffly. Soon there was just the slightest wobble, then suddenly, without warning, he began to faint. Now, he did not faint in the normal fashion of going limp and collapsing. No, he went over like a rigid board, still standing at attention and did not wake up until his head his the carpet. It was hilarious and even funnier when we played back the video, over and over, watching him faint and fall. As an aside, I have never had a woman faint in any wedding. Only the men, and usually the youngest and strongest. Many of us mach-men believe fainting is for sissys. Yet it is true that in Basic Training, boot camp, men standing at attention for long periods of time will faint. As with the wedding, it is not usually the puniest, but the strong, tall, strong burley ones who succumb to fainting. Perhaps it is because they are so strong and intent that they cut off circulation and fall.
God observed fainting too and in this passage He wants us to be sure to know that he doesn't faint. He doesn't get weary.
He doesn't get tired and he doesn't wear out. God is not a man, nor is He like a man. HE DOES NOT FAINT.
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