The Strength Found in the Wait
Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new (renew their) strength, they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:31 (NASB) WAIT. Wait in the Hebrew means to bind together (perhaps by twisting), to collect, to expect, gather, look. RENEW. (pass on, spring up, change, abolish, go on forward, grow up, sprout) This verse in Isaiah comforted me and yet, in many ways baffled me. How does one get strength by waiting. Yes, God gives strength in our weakness, but really, what is the strength in waiting? Until I read the Hebrew meaning of wait. Then it made more sense. When I wait on the Lord, I am binding myself to Him and His strength renews mine. I am joined to Him and I can soar because He has everlasting strength and never gets tired. I may get tired, but He does not. I get weary, but He does not. So when I look for Him; when I join to Him; I find my way through an...