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Wait…

“…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 40:31 KJV

Are you waiting for something today? Are you praying, fasting, hoping, expecting, and looking for something today? How do you feel in that waiting? How long have you been waiting? Have you prayed and prayed and “still” you are waiting?

I too have been waiting. This morning I got up and reminded the Lord that I am “still” waiting (just in case He had forgotten, ha). Immediately after my declaration to Him, He sent me to Isaiah 40:31. I read the passage and said, “I know, I know this one… I have read it a hundred times.” He said to me, “Read it again.” When God says that, I get every version and read it like I have never seen it before. When I got to the King James Version, I saw what He wanted me to see. The word that is “hope” in the NIV is “wait” in the KJV. So… as is my pattern for study, I went to the Hebrew root. How surprised was I to find that the word for wait or hope is the Hebrew word, qavah, and it means, “wait, look for, hope, expect”. Wait is listed first, why? The Hebrews listed things in order of importance. I think that if we cannot learn to wait, then, hope and expectation will never become a character trait for us.

As I meditated on the word wait, I realized that if I cannot learn to wait, the rest of the verse won’t happen… waiting causes the rest of the verse to be manifested. God can make a “chicken” into an “eagle”. Isn’t that what the verse says (a little Kathy paraphrase)? It doesn’t say that we “might” be an eagle… it says “shall”.  Shall is the word will! If you learn the art of waiting, you will be an eagle who runs and never wearies, walks and does not faint. I want that… do you?

What has your waiting in the past been like? Mine has, at times, been very impatient. Even though I know God has already answered me and it isn’t the time to receive it yet, I still want it… now! Have you ever felt that way? I know from this verse, however, that waiting is ordained by God to enable us to become eagles. What if we all stayed chickens? Chickens look at the ground 90% of the time. When it rains… chickens will look up at the rain, rain gets in their nose and they can drown (Google that if you have some spare time). Which would God rather we be? Which would you rather be?

Maybe your “Fresh Start” for 2009 is to learn to wait the right way! 

Gratefully waiting…
Kathy