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Isaiah 40:31
31but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
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"Wait on God and receive FRESH power! The Holy Spirit renews our strength—not the same old energy but NEW strength from on high! Mount up with wings like eagles—that's supernatural flight! Expect the Spirit to lift you above every circumstance!" — Smith Wigglesworth.
"'They shall renew their strength'—not generate it, but RENEW it. The strength is God's, given to those who wait. This is the heart of the Reformed vision: we are utterly dependent on grace. Our soaring is His doing; our running...
"Waiting on God is not passive resignation but active faith. The eagle does not flap frantically; it waits for the thermal, then soars. Our strength comes not from striving but from trusting, not from running ahead but from waiting on the Lord." — A.W.
"Mount up with wings like eagles—this is life in the Spirit! The Spirit is the wind beneath our wings. When we wait in His presence, soaking in worship, we receive supernatural lift. Don't just walk; SOAR! The Spirit wants to...
"Isaiah 40 opens with 'Comfort my people.' This is prophetic promise to Israel, awaiting ultimate fulfillment when Messiah returns. But in this church age, we too wait and receive renewed strength. The prophetic pattern applies: wait, trust, be renewed." — J.
"The oppressed grow weary in the long struggle. But those who wait on the God of liberation receive strength to continue. This is not passive waiting but revolutionary hope—strength renewed for justice work, for running the race against oppression." — Gustavo Gutiérrez.
"Waiting on God requires patience—a virtue too often forgotten in our instant culture. The saints knew how to wait: in prayer, in liturgy, in the slow rhythm of the Church year. Renewed strength comes to those who learn holy patience." — Pope Francis.
"Isaiah 40 speaks to exiles exhausted by empire. 'Wait on the Lord' is not quietism but resistance—refusing to be defined by Babylon's pace and priorities. Renewed strength comes to those who trust God's alternative future, not imperial timelines." — Walter Brueggemann.
"Isaiah 40 anticipates new creation. The renewed strength is resurrection power—the same power that will raise the dead already at work in those who wait. We soar because new creation has begun; we run because resurrection energizes us now." — N.T.
"'Those who wait'—plural. We wait together. The community that refuses the world's frantic pace, that gathers in patience, that trusts God's timing over efficiency—this community receives strength. Waiting is a communal discipline." — Stanley Hauerwas. Anabaptist: waiting as communal practice.
Teaching on Solitude and Silence from Gregory the Great: Gregory the Great on Active and Contemplative Life
God of perfect timing, for those in seasons of waiting— Waiting for healing. Waiting for answers. Waiting for breakthrough. Waiting for change. The wait is hard. The silence is loud. The delay is painful. But You are the God who...