scripture and song

This morning I am holding the word Wait, in my heart, trusting, as I do.  Isaiah 40:28-31 speaks to me:

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV)

 

Another version says, But those who wait on the Lord, will renew their strength.

Lord, we are waiting on you, hoping in you, to renew Lydia's strength and our own. 

Steven Curtis Chapman sings a song, Wait, based on this passage.  It is an older song, that takes me back to the early days of our marriage ... its truth still rings out.

 

Answers come slowly to your cries of desperation,
But time is His tool, teaching the greatest lessons learned;
So let Him do His work in you,
And watch the miracles come true as you (wait).

Wait, wait, wait on the Lord;
You will understand in time.
Why you must wait,
Wait, wait, wait on the Lord;

Yes He hears you,
But for now you must wait on the Lord.

Waiting ....

 

 

Yes He hears you,
But for now you must wait on the Lord.

Answers come slowly to your cries of desperation,
But time is His tool, teaching the greatest lessons learned;
So let Him do His work in you,
And watch the miracles come true as you (wait).