Devotion 105

Isaiah 40:28-31

(28) Have you not known? Have you not heard? Yahwe is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

(29) He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.

(30) Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;

(31) but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

This weekend at the MMC Angus Buchan shared on Saturday morning about waiting upon the Lord and it stuck to me so much. God spoke to me that I needed to spend a whole lot more time just waiting upon Him. So this morning I took that verse, which I have held onto for almost 20 yrs, Isaiah 40:28-31, and I studied it again with new life and meaning. The following things stood out for me and I want to encourage you with what I found.

Firstly, we must remember that Yahwe (God) is everlasting and He is the creator of all. He is immeasurably great and powerful and He knows and understands all things. There is nothing greater than Him and therefore no situation we face is ever too big for Him. He does not change and He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb 13:8) This knowledge is so comforting and I see it as an anchor of my soul (Heb 6:19) that holds me in place and calm in times of storm and trouble in this world. I can know that God will not move when the storm hits me full force and I can hide in Him as my shelter, Psalm 18:2.

Secondly, due to the fact that God is power and He loves giving us His power we can know that He will give us strength to face all situations. We do not have to rely on our own strength. The strength that He gives is so much more complete and has more depth than the strength that we can muster up in human effort. The scripture says we must “wait upon” the Lord. The Hebrew word for “wait upon” is “Kavah”. It means to be entwined or twisted into. This is like a rope that consists of a whole load of strings being woven together. We need to be woven into God like a rope. The string on its own is weak, but if you weave it into that rope it becomes strong due to its association with the rope. The knowledge of being in God will give you wings to rise up and soar to greater heights in this life and you will not fear the storm, but soar even higher by using the winds in the storm to lift you up. So what used to be an obstacle will now become an opportunity.

I am at a place in my life where I need to hear God more clearly than ever before and I have made the decision to “kavah” with God. I want to get entwined with Him through studying the Word, praying, worship and just waiting on Him daily. What are you gonna do? Are you going to continue in fear, weakness and desperation or are you going to wait upon the Lord and hide away in Him? Find His heart and His plan today!