Wait Upon The Lord

One of my most favourite scriptures has to be Isaiah 40:31 which says, "But they that wait upon The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up on wings of eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not fait."

Waiting is not one thing I do well, as a choleric personality, I often want to take things into my own hands. Doing, is something I live by, but learning to trust The Lord and in His promises is what I need to remind myself of continually.

What exactly does this waiting really mean? Strongs concordance says it comes from the Hebrew verb "qavah" which means to stretch, then for tension. Waiting is therefore not a passive word indicating someone who is in a relaxed state twiddling their thumbs, but someone who is pursuing The Lord and all His promises for their lives.

The pursuing or stretching in this case however, is having a trust and hopeful expectation of what The Lord is going to do, not an attempt on our own parts to make things happen but to have faith that The Lord has an answer to all circumstances.

I wonder if this is what the Israelites were thinking in Exodus 32 as they were waiting for Moses to come down the mountain after receiving the Ten Commandments? Unlikely not, as in their inpatients they crafted through Aaron the golden calf. This inpatients, I think is often repeated in our own lives when we need answers. Whether it be a miracle or simply direction for the ensuing year, we grow weary of waiting and often take things into our own hands, not trusting The Lord is able.

Ephesians 3:20 tells us "now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work in us". As we learn to trust The Lord that He has all things in hand, I believe this is when we ultimately begin to see what The Lord really is able to do in us and through us.
God bless and Shalom!