Isaías 40

Isaías 40:31

Henry writes that God… will help the willing, will help those who, in a humble dependence upon Him, help themselves, and will do well for those who do their best, Is 40:30, 31. Those who trust to their own sufficiency, and are so confident of it that they neither exert themselves to the utmost nor seek unto God for His grace, are the youth and the young men, who are strong, but are apt to think themselves stronger than they are. And they shall faint and be weary, yea, they shall utterly fail in their services, in their conflicts, and under their burdens; they shall soon be made to see the folly of trusting to themselves. The Red Sea Place Have you come to the Red Sea place in your life, Where, in spite of all you can do, There is no way out, there is no way back, There is no other way but through? Then wait on the Lord with a trust serene Till the night of your fear is gone; He will send the wind, He will heap the floods, When He says to your soul, "Go on." --Annie Johnson Flint God's timing is always right— wait patiently for Him. THE CONDITION: WAITING ON GOD Wait (06960) (qavah from a root meaning twisting or winding a cord) means to wait for, to hope for, to look eagerly for; to lie in wait for; linger for, to expect. The basic idea is to wait for or look for with eager expectation. Motyer adds that… Hope (with its biblical dimension of certainty) is one facet of qavah, which also includes ‘waiting’ (patience) and ‘resting’ (trusting). The participial form points to those in whom this relationship (of expectation, patience and trust) with the Lord is unchanging. Ed Comment: The Septuagint translates qavah with the Greek verb hupomeno in the present tense picturing a continual [unchanging] relationship of patiently remaining or abiding under. To wait for Jehovah is not simply a matter of patience, or even of longing, but includes the ideas of trust and the confidence which characterize hope. The ESV Study Bible explains that when we wait for Jehovah we are "savoring God's promise by faith until the time of fulfillment." (ESV Online Study Bible Crossway). Oswalt notes that to wait on Jehovah speaks of… complete dependence on God and a willingness to allow Him to decide the terms. Warren