Waiting on God

Have you ever waited on God in your life? Waiting on God is the special process through which our Lord causes our eyes to turn to Him for help in time of need. According to my understanding, waiting upon the Lord are times in which we do not have resources, answers or direction. Instead we are often confused, poor, broken and limited. Ultimately, waiting upon God protects us, deepens our trust in Him, forces us to seek His ways and brings Him the most glory.

Now lets focus our attention to the following verse.
Isaiah, 40:31, “Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and yet tired, they will walk and not become weary.”

The scripture promises that those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength. What does it mean gain new strength? As we wait upon Him, we bind ourselves together with Him, we braid ourselves to Him and receive HIS strength, it means that we will exchange our human strength to HIS Devine strength. What a wonderful exchange it is!!! Philippines 4:13 says that “I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me”. Yes, when we get HIS strength, we are no longer ordinary people we are special people in HIS sight and we are called to be conquerors through Christ. Amen.

Second promise is that, they will mount up with wings like eagles. As we exchange our limited strength for HIS inexhaustible strength, we shall sprout spiritual wings and gain the ability to soar above our problems. How many of us are still drowned in our problems and failures today? Eagles are soaring birds, they fly in higher distances and still able to spot out the target in the ground very clearly. This again pictures that when we wait upon the Lord, He will bless us and set us on high places still He will help us to view and understand HIS plans in our life. The choice is our. Do we want to soar with eagles or walk with turkeys? In Jesus we can soar. Amen.

Third promise is that, “ they will run and get tired, they will walk and not become weary.” As we exchange His strength and mount our wings like eagles, we receive HIS grace to be in HIS army. II Cor 12:9 says that, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” There are times when He calls upon to run. And in those times, we will run and not get tired. But there are other times when we must simply walk (March). There is no thrill in walking but it is the test of all stable qualities. To walk and not faint is the highest reach possible for strength. Some times, we get weary and tired in body and in spirit. This is dangerous in Christian life because, when we become weary, we are defenseless against enemy and we loose proper perspective. In Gen 25, we see Esau selling his birthright to his brother Jacob. It was because Esau was physically exhausted, weary and hungry. Weariness makes you more attentive and to your physical and emotional needs than your spiritual needs. The weary man looks through physical eyes, but we need is spiritual vision. Amen.

Are you waiting on the Lord? There is both strength and peace in this approach. Amen.