Waiting

             Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new 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)

 

Lots of people like this verse. There’s something appealing about the idea of mounting up like eagles, soaring on the winds. The idea of running and not getting tired or walking and not becoming weary – it’s almost like having superpowers. Those of us with imaginations give a wistful sigh. “Wouldn’t it be so nice?”

The problem is, soaring like eagles, running and not getting tired, and walking and not being weary all require that we wait on the Lord. It means resting until He tells us to move.

And while we tend to think that when our strength is renewed by God, we’ll never be tired again. We’ll be able to soar! We’ll be able to run! We’ll be able to walk! But Scripture doesn’t say anything about our soaring, running, or walking from now until the end of time. And God could do that, but it’s more likely that He will pace us so that we don’t grow weary. We don’t wait now and never have to wait again. But our willingness to wait is likely to be a major factor in the level of our weariness or tiredness.