Waiting on the Lord
Is 40:30-31 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted;
31But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
Does this passage mean we will not experience weariness because we wait? No what it means in the Hebrew, is when we wait or hope on the Lord, our running will not feel laborious or toilsome. Our call will not feel like work. Our purpose will not feel like a burden. Our ministry will not feel like a weight. It means when we run we will not grow fatigued.
When we wait, we draw near to God, we warm ourselves by His fire, we cuddle in under Papas arms, we sit at His feat, we drink from His cup, we lean up against Him and breath, we hear His heart beat, we rest in His lap… we wait. And as we wait we are like rechargeable batteries. We are made to run and then to rest and recharge. We are made to keep going for the time we are called so we can go back to God, our healer, our Savior, our resting station and recharge. When we wait, we have strength for the call or assignment, and we shall run and not grow weary, and we shall walk and not faint.
Teach me Lord, to wait.
Psalm 5:3 In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly NIV
Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! NKJV
Psalm 33:20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield
Psalm 33:22 Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You
