Bible Verse of The Day – 11-4-19

Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV) 31 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.

Have you ever noticed how when we want something, we want it now? We want it right away.

We don’t want to wait. We don’t want to take time to work toward whatever it might be we want. We just know that we want it, and we want it right now.

Some of us are so impatient that we want it yesterday!

God has His ways of doing things. And our flesh has its way of doing things. The problem comes because our flesh doesn’t understand or like the way God does things, especially when it involves waiting.

But one of the most valuable lessons we can learn as children of God is to wait on Him. Plain and simple. We wait.

Have you ever seen a child who wants something, but they have been told by their parents that they have to wait for it?

We’ve probably all been in a store somewhere and heard a child having a tantrum because they have been told that they can’t have that thing that they spotted and want their parents to give them right now.

Now that’s not usually a pretty picture.

We may be adults, but we sometimes behave the very same way with God when He doesn’t respond to our requests when we think He should. And this can get us into all kinds of trouble if we don‘t get a handle on it quickly.

We may have a tantrum. Or maybe we go ahead and pursue whatever it is that we have asked God for, without waiting on Him or His timing. And then we wish we had waited.

God does not force His desires on anyone, including His own children. That’s not His way of doing things. He simply wants us to learn to wait on Him.

The verse above lists many benefits to waiting on Him; renewed strength, soaring like eagles, running without growing weary and walking without fainting.

Some of these are symbolic. It isn’t possible for any of us to fly like an eagle in the natural. It is, however, possible for us to rise above our circumstances if we allow God to lift us above them.

And as for renewing our strength, running without growing weary and walking without fainting, these all refer to the fact that if we patiently wait on God, trusting that He knows what is best, we will not grow tired, become exasperated or give up hope.

Our trust in Him will cause us to prevail, no matter what we face. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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