They That Wait Upon the Lord…

This is one of those, “Wow” scriptures!!!   

Isaiah 40:28-31 

²⁸Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

³¹But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Every time I read the 31st verse, I feel strengthened and renewed!!!  Isn’t that amazing!!!  Isn’t God awesome!!! 

²⁸Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

I never really thought about it before, but as I read this verse this morning, the truth hit me.  Have you ever thought about it?  God sees and truly understands all things.  He even knows what we have hid in our hearts!  The thoughts we never dare to utter out loud!!! 

The truth is that we only understand and know that which is shown or revealed to us by God, but HE knows the whole truth.  And when Jesus (the perfect one) comes back to get us and we are in HIM, we will then have the Mind of Christ and understand and know all things as God does. 
 
And at that time, all that we knew and all the things of this world will vanish.  There will no longer be any need of those things and they shall pass away.

1 Cor. 13: 8-10  …whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 

⁹For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. ¹⁰But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

Do you realize that God never sleeps?  He doesn’t even get tired!!!  Wow!!!  Just think, if Adam & Eve had not sinned, we would be like that!!  Never tired!  Wow!!!   

HE never sleeps!!!  That boggles my mind!!!  Psalms 121:4  Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Wow, that means while I am sleeping God is still watching out for me and working on my behalf!!! 

²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.  He empowers us and strengthens us; HE bears us up when we are weak.  That reminds me of the poem about the footprints in the sand and how I know that when I see only one set of footprints, it is because He has picked me up and is carrying me.

³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: Just think about it, even the kids who are so young and so strong, they eventually get tired.  They have to sleep or they will fall out! 

³¹But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. 

Wow, this is the best part!!!  But they that wait upon the Lord…  He shall renew their strength!!!  If we are in God and we are doing His will, HE will renew us.    

I have always wanted to fly like the eagles.  Just think, to catch the wind and soar among the clouds!!!  They can fly for ever, because they ride on the wind!!!  Just think if we would only depend on Him and glide along on and in HIS STRENGTH!!!  We could ride the wind!

We can run and not be weary!!!  We can walk and not be faint.  We don’t have to be tired or worn out, but in His Strength, WE CAN CONTINUE ON!!!