Our
Sustainer!
"Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he,
I am he who will sustain you. I have made you
and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will
rescue
you."
Isaiah 46: 4
The word “sustain” means to support, hold, or bear
up from below, to bear the weight of a structure. The
Bible uses this word to describe one aspect of the
ministry of the Lord. He is the great
Sustainer.
Being omnipotent, He bears any burden without an
ounce of fatigue. The psalmist said, “I lay down and
slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me” (Psalm 3:5).
Psalm 55:22 says, “Cast your burden on the Lord,
and He shall sustain you.”
The Lord bears you up and allows
you
to rest the entirety of your life with all of
its concerns on Him. That’s not all.
The Bible also says, “The Son is the radiance
of God’s glory and the exact representation of
his being, sustaining all things by his powerful
word” (Hebrews 1:3).
If Christ can sustain the entire universe,
holding it up and holding it together, He
will have no trouble caring for you.
"When I am frightened He is there to
comfort and sustain me. His
words
give wisdom to my ear, and peace
will always claim me."
Jessie A.
Lee