S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries

The command to wait on the Lord is found extensively throughout the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament, it is more about waiting for the Lord's providential care, but most New Testament r...

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Jack Gutknecht Supporter ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church

"But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired."

Waiting on God is really hard for me to do! I like to move, and that sometimes gets me in trouble, more often than I would like to admit. Just ask my wife, and she will tell you the same thing. Poor woman.

Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given. - G. Campbell Morgan

Warren Wiersbe makes the observation, “The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless...the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a restless heart usually leads to a reckless life.”

Men’s Life, Spring, 1998

When I was growing up as a boy, my Dad & Mom would take my sister and me up to the northwoods in Wisconsin. There at my grandma Mor Mor's summer resort in the woods and on the river, we'd watch an eagle soaring high in the sky on the wind currents in the afternoons. Sometimes I believe we'd watch it while we were swimming or sunning ourselves on our raft. We'd take boats up "the channel" to see the huge eagle's nest mounted on a lone tree in the middle of the water! I loved watching that eagle!

"To wait on the Lord" means to patiently trust in God's timing and plan, actively relying on His strength and guidance instead of trying to force outcomes on your own, while "soaring like an eagle with God" signifies being lifted up and empowered by God's spirit, allowing you to rise above challenges and difficulties with renewed strength and a higher perspective, much like an eagle utilizes wind currents to soar high in the sky; both phrases are drawn from the Bible, primarily from Isaiah 40:31 where it says "they will mount up with wings like eagles" signifying God's ability to renew strength and enable us to overcome obstacles through faith and trust in Him.

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