Soar above the storm – The Hartselle Enquirer – Hartselle Enquirer

ByPhillip Hines

Isaiah 40:31 is a passage we have read and heard many times. Songs have been written about this verse. Isaiah said, But those who wait on 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.

These words have given us comfort,hope,and strength in difficult times.

To really appreciate thisverse,one must understand the context of the passage.

Isaiah knew the Israelites were about to face the most difficult, tryingand faithtesting time in their entire existence.At that time, there was no one who was more discouraged and disappointed than Isaiah.God had said to the prophet inIsaiah 39:6, Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left.

The city of Jerusalem would be destroyed. The Jewsweregoing into exile. The temple was about to face doombythe hands of the Babylonians.The PromisedLand would become desolate.

Why?Israel had turned its back on God and had become disobedient to the will of God.

It is out of this darkness that God shines a ray of light for Isaiah.God wanted the old prophet to know what to do when life wasunbearableand the stormsgot toostrong.

He said,Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.

The wordwaitdoes not meantosit in a hypnotic trance in the corner of the room until God moves.Thiswordhastwo meanings.

One is thatwespend timealone with God and do not panic.The secondis that,whileweare waiting on the Lord,wekeep obeying and serving Him.

It means that we are going to do whatever we can for the Lord,while we wait until the Lord does something for us.

What is the result of waiting on the Lord?

We willmount up with wings like eagles.

You might wonder why Godusedthe example ofan eagle in this text.

Eagles are amazing birds.Theyare able toflyatan altitude ofup to10,000feet!Eagles flyanaverage of50miles an hour;however,theysometimesnotchspeedsas fast as100 milesan hour.They can see seven times better than we can.Amazingly,theywill often flydirectlyinto a storm and not away from it.They know that the updrafts in a storm can help them soar higherand have a better view.

The storm is no threat to the eagle because he flies above the storm!

God wants us to let Him be in the middle of our storm.He wants us to fly with Him.

When we do, we will see the storm from Gods perspective.We will see that the storms do not control God, but God controls the storms.

It is then that we can soar above the storm, and we no longerneedto fear!

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