"Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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 40:30-31
The idea of waiting on the Lord is powerful in a couple of ways. It indicates that the people referenced are putting the Lord first in their lives, letting his will overpower theirs when there is any difference in goals. (I think that difference diminishes as we grow closer to God and understand his purposes more. We realize that he has our best interests at heart, and only wants us to be more amazing than we are... to be become those people we've always wished we could be.)
That idea of putting the Lord first is a powerful tool for our lives, but perhaps even stronger is the idea of waiting. So much of the pain in our lives could be avoided with more patience. We should of course be anxiously engaged in a good cause, but not recklessly engaged, and I think perhaps we don't always perceive the difference, and perhaps it takes a little more study and a little bit more prayer to know... but there is definitely a difference between doing good where we are and moving forward until the Lord suggests a course change and stopping until the Lord tells us where to go, or even going in a certain direction because the Lord hasn't answered us yet and we're tired of waiting.
Today, let's think about what waiting upon the Lord means, and how we can improve our priorities and our patience as we work to walk the Lord's path.
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