Soaring

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:30-31, NIV)



As this post is published to cyberspace, I hope to be soaring over the Grand Canyon in a small airplane. As exhilarating as I'm sure that flight will be, it doesn't come close to comparing with the soaring that we all do when we hope in the LORD and He renews our strength.



The word picture being painted here suggests an exchange. God is taking our puny human strength and replacing it with His unlimited power.



Have you ever noticed that the times when we're weak and powerless, weary and faint, stumbling and falling are the very times that we've taken our hope away from the LORD? Only when we keep our hope anchored in the Rock of Ages can we soar like eagles.



Thank You, God, for giving us the ability to hope in You so that we might experience the strength that can only come from You. You alone can cause us to soar above the worries of this world. Only in You can we run this race without growing weary and without fainting. May we be quick to turn to You in hope when we feel ourselves growing weak and weary. In Jesus' name, Amen.