Hope Amidst Waiting Longer
Scripture: Isaiah 40:31 — But they 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.
As I shared on my last blog, WAITING is connected with hoping in the Lord. And we can hope in God because we know His amazing character. He is loving, gracious, merciful, etc.
Last blog, I shared that I waited for my girlfriend. And that didn’t do me good because I was not hoping at her character that’s why I got frustrated. I knew she was really a good person and was helpful. And she helped her sister a lot that’s why she forgot we had a date.
We must anchor our waiting in the hope of WHO GOD IS and WHO HE SAYS HE IS.
And if we do, we will reap amazing benefits from waiting. Isaiah says we “shall renew our strength”, we “shall run and not be weary” and “walk and not faint”. Because waiting in the Lord will never fail us based on His standards or expectations. Waiting on the Lord is far better than doing things our way. He knows our future, and we don’t.
We grow tired and weary when we do things on our own, alone. If what we do is anchored on WHO HE IS, our response will be different. It’s 1 + 1, not just “1″ and the other one we hope for is trustworthy, is purposeful, is someone we can really hope for.
That’s why Isaiah says we “shall renew our strength”.
Especially as we thread through the dangers of a pandemic, our only hope is not in man, but in God. A God who already prepared heaven for us. A God who gave His only begotten Son for us. Now, who will not hope in a God who has done everything for His children (even giving up His life for our sake).
The question is, “where do you anchor your hope?”
