Isaiah 40:29-31 (KJV)
“29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 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.”...
The Hebrew word for wait here is “qāwâ” and is pronounced Kaw-vaw; it means to bind by twisting. This word is not as much about time as it is investment. To wait in this case is how much we invest ourselves into God by being wrapped up and tied up and tangled all up in Him. As a result, His strength becomes our strength.
Therefore, it is not about being patient; it is about being confident and secure. We must come to the place that our relationship with God cannot become any more real than it already is. Nothing has to manifest in this realm for us to be connected or for us to believe and trust. Waiting on Him is our investing into Him; it is tying ourselves to Him.
Waiting in this case is not about what He does or will do; it is simply about who He is. He is our salvation, He is our song, and He is our God. He is who He is unconditionally. We are connected to Him and conditions cannot disconnect us. We find strength in God as we face whatever life serves.
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39). This persuasion Paul speaks of is the waiting Isaiah speaks of. Be persuaded and wait on the LORD.
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