Do you like to wait? What have you put your hope in? What does it mean to you to remain or to be steadfast? Have you grown weary? Do you need to be reenergized? Are you holding on to your faith and putting your hope in God?
We don’t like to wait. Sometimes our hopes are nothing more than mere wishes. It is challenging to be steadfast and hold on to our principles. We grow tired of the constant battle. We need a new source of energy and determination.
If we are going about our daily tasks in our own strength, growing tired and weary will happen. We only have so much stamina, regardless of our desire, education, and training. Sooner or later, we will crumble like a dried-out potato chip.
It is only as we remain in God that we gain the new energy we need. The word “wait” in the third line can be translated as wait for, hope, or remain. In other words, the prophet was stating so long as we put our faith in God and stand strong in our belief, God will renew us. We release our timeline and follow God’s. We give up our will to follow his.
God answers our plea for help, even if he does not answer in the way we prefer. Though we live in a world filled with chaos, hate, discord, prejudice, and abuse, we can rise above the fray. It is in our submitting to him that we can truly soar above the chaos on wings like eagles. It is in our submission that we can live the abundant life Jesus said He came to give us.
I pray we all seek to remain in God. I pray we give up our will to be in his. I pray each one of us will wait for the Lord by putting our faith and trust in him. Remain in God’s will. Put your hope in him. Wait for God to show the way. Have your strength renewed. Soar on wings like eagles.
Isaiah 40:30-31
Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted;
but those who wait for 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.
Marty Pressey 