Wings

But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up on wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31

I’ve spent quite a number of days contemplating this verse.  It’s a familiar verse, so I didn’t want to just gloss over it and assume I knew what God was trying to say to me through it.  That’s the awesome thing about God’s Word.  He may use the very same verse one has read many times over to say something completely different.  

Also, in the midst of a very busy two weeks of sporting events with my family, sitting down to write seemed like an extravagance.  My head was full of to-do list items, and I couldn’t seem to focus enough to sit down and put words to paper.  So, as this piece of the Word, ironically teaching about waiting on God, drifted in and out of my consciousness, I knew the best thing was to wait….wait until the meaning was unmistakably clear to write anything down.

Several thousand feet above the ground while traveling with my family to a gym meet, I was looking out my plane window admiring the view.  See, I’m not at all bothered by heights.  In fact, I enjoy the birds-eye view of the world so far below me.  It always makes me wish I could fly, not in a plane but like a bird, soaring about with the wind swishing past me.  That’s when it hit me.  

God knows my desires.  He knows what scares me, what excites me, and He knows my struggles.  He promises me that if I wait on His guidance, His leading, that I won’t have to struggle or be afraid.  He’ll give me the energy and the strength to do the task He has for me.  Then I will soar about, flying high on the blessings He gives through my obedience.  And not flying like a little robin, but like an eagle, majestic and bold through His power.  What a rush! 

In our hurry-up world, we tend to rush things just to mark them off a list or just to get what we want.  Let’s pray that God will work on our patience to wait so that we can do His will, follow His lead, and earn our eagle wings.