Do you not know? Have you not heard?The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earthDoes not become weary or tired.His understanding is inscrutable.He gives strength to the weary,And to him who lacks might He increases power.Though youths grow weary and tired,And vigorous young men stumble badly,Yet those who wait for the LORDWill 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 40:28-31
To wait for the LORD, Yahweh, means to look for expectantly, to lie in wait. It’s an active waiting.
Throughout the Bible, followers of God waited upon Him to act.
Joshua and his warriors walked around the walls of Jericho for seven days. They stared at the problem, the walls and the soldiers watching them from atop the walls. They walked in silence and waited upon the Lord. The seventh time around the walls on the seventh day, God acted, and the walls tumbled down.
Joseph waited upon the Lord in the pit, in Potiphar’s house, in the prison, and in the palace. God brought Joseph’s family to him and saved a country, in His time.
The disciples waited in an upper room for the power of the Holy Spirit. Fifty days after Jesus rose, the Holy Spirit rested upon the disciples, and 3,000 souls were saved.
Waiting upon the LORD produces results we cannot accomplish in our own might. We gain new strength; we soar above our problems; we run as Elijah ran without fatigue; and we walk through the valley of the shadow of death and do not become weary.
Are you waiting upon the LORD? What are you expecting?
My prayer:
Father, thank You for Your promise of renewed strength if we wait upon You. Give us Your strength, Your endurance, Your grace. Empower us to soar above our problems to touch Your glory.
