Isaiah 40:27-31 – Wait Upon the Lord
The people are saying: ‘things have gotten so bad that God doesn’t pay any attention to me anymore.’ God’s people have always had this temptation to be impatient: ‘Does God really care about me? If God really cared, wouldn’t He do this?’ How foolish we are.
To these words God replies in verses 28 and 29. God is great in power. God is great in wisdom, and He brings all things to pass in His good, wise, eternal, sovereign, and glorious plan. The people of God have seen and heard this. Jehovah is able and willing, as we see in verse 29, to give such power and ability to His people for them to accomplish what He calls them to do. He calls Himself, here in verse 28, the Lord Jehovah, the covenant name of God. They are His people and He is their God. He is the covenant God who has loved His people from eternity and shall love them forevermore, each and every one of them, and all of them together.
When God calls His people to go through difficulties, and they depend upon Him in Christ, trusting that He will work all things out powerfully, trusting that He will work out all things wisely, trusting in the one who has said, ‘I am your God, you are my people’ — He strengthens, renews, refreshes, and He gives the ability to do all that will be a blessing to them and a glory to Himself. So when you’re in the middle of crushing debt, or heavy responsibility, or debilitating illness, or maddening betrayal, or deep loneliness, or black despair, when you are maybe at the point where death approaches, in Christ you will be strengthened to go through and beyond it. Wait then, as we are commanded here. Wait upon Jehovah, upon the Father who has loved you with an everlasting love, and who sacrificed His Son in order that you might be delivered to Him forever and ever. Wait upon the Son who has kindly come and yielded up His life, that you might live in heavenly places with Him. Wait upon the Spirit who indwells you, and is transforming you, and has already applied to you the benefits of Christ’s mediatorial work. Wait upon this God. He knows what He’s doing. He is able to do that which is good for you and glorious. Wait upon him. You shall not be disappointed. Rather, you shall see your strength renewed and you shall mount up on wings as the eagles.
Questions
- What were the people saying about God?
- What does God promise here?
Prayer Points
- Pray that God would renew your strength to live for Him.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.