Most days of our lives are manageable and easy to navigate. We seek God’s word and his will for the day. We pray for his Presence and can sense his peace. God’s Spirit provides our direction and our sense of God’s favor and strength. There may be a momentary need that causes us to pray quickly for his advice, his words, and his thoughts.

While most of our days are manageable, every life has days, even seasons, that wash over us and cause us to feel overwhelmed. I heard a preacher say one time that the best time to get ready for the hard times was now, during the easier times. This life is a road trip to heaven and at some point we will be required to face a mountain.

Isaiah the prophet offers great words of encouragement for every day that we will need to remember in the hard days. Isaiah said we should hear his words and know that these words are truth. Then he told the people about the perfect character of God. God is everlasting. God is the Creator of the ends of the earth. God never grows faint or weary and his understanding of you and your need is unsearchable. In other words, whatever you face in life, God can and will handle it for you, perfectly. God is incapable of wanting anything less than his perfect will for you.

The time to prepare for the mountains of life is right now. Know God and all that he is and all that he can do. You will never fully understand God because his understanding is unsearchable. 

Don’t worry that you might face a difficult time in this life; expect that you will and get ready. A strong person isn’t afraid to pick up a heavy object because he knows he is able. A strong ship can handle storms. 

There are some moments in this life that seem overwhelming and impossible to face. Those are the times we pray like someone caught in a violent storm. During those times, Isaiah assures us that God “gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.”

I’ve been in ministry for a long time and I have witnessed Isaiah’s words time after time. I’ve seen people endure the impossible because of the miraculous strength of God in their lives. Watching them made me want to seek that strength for my own life.

Yielding to God’s wisdom is spiritual strength. The time to yield and the time to become strong in the Lord is now. Then, when the storm comes, you will find God’s strength and power to be sufficient for all things. You will know how to yield to the everlasting God, the Creator, who never grows weary of caring for his children. You can say with the Apostle Paul, “I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).