Wait on the Lord

Illness; unexpected complications; hectic schedules – Everyday life often exposes our limitations and weaknesses.  As I consider this fact, I am reminded that God has not left us alone to struggle through our days wearied and weakened.  He has not forgotten or abandoned us to live in our own feeble strength.  In Isaiah 40:27-28 He asks, “Why do you say, ‘My way is hidden from the Lord, and my claim is passed over by my God?’  Have you not known?  Have you not heard?  The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.  His understanding is unsearchable.”  We are not alone.  God not only sees our weariness and struggles, but He also understands with an understanding that is unsearchable.  He does not grow faint or weary.  His strength is limitless.  He is a stronghold to lean upon.

This fact strengthens my heart, for the truth is, we do grow weary and faint in our everyday lives.  But God is more than a stronghold to lean upon.  Verses 29-31 tell us that “He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.  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.”  God renews and increases our strength so that we can run and not grow weary, so we can walk and not faint.  He replenishes us for the tasks before us.  He gives us the ability to move forward.

The reality is that sometimes the circumstances of life can be difficult.  We can become weary and exhausted with daily stresses.  Yet when we wait on the Lord, He will renew our strength.  Nancy Leigh DeMoss reminds us that to really wait on the Lord is not passive.  It is active.  It means to longingly and expectantly cling to Him.  It means to put all our confidence and hope in Him and to trust that He will give us His strength for our weakness.  It means to patiently pray and believe that He will indeed bless us with His power. 

And when we trust in in the Lord and His strength, we will do more than move forward.  We will mount up with wings like eagles.  We will soar above the storms of everyday life.  He will give us the ability to rise to the higher elevations, to ascend on high.  There He will plant our feet on higher ground.  There we will behold our loving Lord and He will strengthen us for the tasks that He calls us to do.  We will not be disappointed for He is the everlasting Father who never grows weary or faint and who gives abundantly to those who wait on Him.