Isa.40:31
HOW precious has this promise been to the Lord’s needy ones from generation to generation. And how constantly have they proved Him to be faithful to His word! Whenever they have come to Him under a sense of their entire weakness, and have trustfully waited on Him, He has afforded them fresh supplies of grace, and strengthened them to do what He has given them to perform, or to bear what He has called them to endure.
All true waiting on the Lord includes three things: A sense of need, application to Him, and expectation from Him. A sense of need is one of the greatest mercies we can enjoy on this side of Jordan, for it leads us earnestly to apply to the Lord, and we cannot wait on Him with earnestness and faith, and be sent empty away. How full of hope and expectancy we should be in all our applications to the Lord, for His resources never fail, and He has engaged to afford us timely supplies — strength according to our day. “The Lord will give strength unto His people,” says the psalmist; “be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.”
“O Lord, increase our faith and love,
That we may all Thy goodness prove;
And gain, from Thy exhaustless store,
The fruits of prayer for evermore.”