One of my favorite verses in the whole Bible is Isaiah 40:31 because it gives me hope when I am weary. Recently my children illustrated the “Mount Up with Wings” passage:
But 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. Isaiah 40:31 KJV
My children drew an eagle soaring through the sky with complete freedom and strength. They illustrated mountains in the background to show that the eagle was living in beautiful surroundings. They wrote out the verse, and I sang it to them as they colored their pictures.
What does it mean to wait on the Lord?
It is a resting under his leading, asking the Lord what we should be doing each moment, and walking by the Spirit. We are suffused with new strength when we are at the end of ourselves, and we lean into God for our strength. Then we wait for our circumstances to eventually unfold, waiting for our trial to come to an end, and yet resting in the presence of the Lord to not fret until God brings about the resolution. I’m in such a situation right now: unresolved issues that I must wait for God to work in the other person’s life before the situation can be made right. I must rest, even while the issue is unresolved, knowing that God has all things in His hand.
And as I wait, I gain new strength…
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