Not only is God with you today, but he will give you strength to soar!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

READ: “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.” Isaiah 40:31

REFLECT: What does this verse promise us when we wait? Isn’t it interesting that we’re not promised answers or an end date, but are promised strength?

Again, we see God’s grace in the wait. He not only renews our strength, but it’s abundant strength. It’s a strength that allows us to “mount up with wings like eagles…run and not be weary…walk and not faint.” Isn’t that just like God? He gives in abundance.

Waiting does not always feel like this. Sometimes waiting feels like slogging through waist-deep, wet cement. Sometimes waiting feels more like a turkey trying to take flight than an eagle. But even in the wet-cement and turkey moments, the promise of strength remains. There will be soaring and running and walking, but it will be in God’s strength and not our own.

How can you rest in God today and allow him to strengthen you in the wait? Ask God to give you the patience and trust to rest in him today.