“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.” Isaiah 40:31
To wait for the Lord is to spend time with God- reading the Bible, taking our requests in prayer and waiting for God to speak answers in our hearts. As we wait and rely on God to work in our lives it also means that our hope is in God, in fact the New International Version (NIV) puts it just that way, “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.”
Sometimes we place our hopes in other people. We might place our hope in our Doctor or the medicine that might be prescribed, a series of treatments, or a surgical procedure to correct a difficulty. We might place our hope in other people or family members to come through to make an event or gathering special. We might even place our hope in our own abilities to accomplish a goal.
At times our hopes will be crushed in any of those situations when our hopes are not realized. The encouragement and promise of prayer, and those found in Isaiah 40:31 is that we need to place our hope in God. God can and does work through all of the human relationships, but our hope rests on God.
Human hope is in limited quantity, and when it runs out, you are left drained, discouraged, disappointed and …hopeless! Oh, it may masquerade as “hope,” but it is completely different from the hope that God provides. God’s hope renews and refreshes. It empowers, uplifts, and strengthens. God’s hope does not disappoint! There is an unlimited supply of God’s hope.
We can go to God in prayer refreshed in the sure and certain hope that is ours in Christ.
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