those who wait on the Lord ....

The context of this part verse from Isaiah 40:31, is that the metaphorical winter has passed, and of a new day is dawning (verse 1). But we like Israel are impatient. The Lord asks Israel (and us) “Why do you say it my way is hidden from the Lord?” Likely most of us ask the Lord questions like this that make no sense. For example if we know anything about God at all we know that nothing is hidden from him. The point is though we may feel that our way is hidden from him.

The Christian has many wonderful promises from the Lord, but more often than not, there is a delay between the giving of the promise and its fulfillment. A little old lady English friend of mine, who is now with the Lord, used to say “the trouble with God, is that he has no sense of time!” The Lord in response to the above question answers it by asking another. “Do you not know, have you not seen, the Lord is the everlasting God” (verse 28). This chapter will humble us if we let it! It is well worth reading and meditating on!

For most of us, most of the time our God is too small. This chapter is amazing in terms of its potential to brings back into the right perspective. Nevertheless waiting on God is a fire, delayed answers are a fire. But they are a refining fire when we choose to trust and hope in him. The full quote of the title of this post is:-

Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

In my last post I was talking about not fretting. if we are fretting we are not waiting on the Lord. In that same Psalm we were discussing in that post, David tells us to Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him (Psalm 37:7). And in Psalm 27:13 he declares “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living, and in the next verse he tells us to “Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart.” He finishes with the repetition “ Wait, I say, on the LORD!” When we do this, we truly rise above the circumstances.

Father, please help me to rest and wait in hope on You. I know that You are not slack concerning Your promises. Please help me to trust in the journey, and in the process, and to find in it that deeper relationship with You. I love You Lord in Jesus Name Amen