Because they are imperfect.3. I went to be with a woman that I wanted to be with. This man, however, has this double life. If not, some other hope will be cherished, for not to hope is not to live. "So I saw in my dream that he went from running to going, and from going to scrambling on his hands and knees, because of the steepness of the place." 5 Then at thy feet Isaac WattsHymns and Spiritual SongsAt RestGerhard Ter Steegen Is. 3. I brought but little there. hath it not been told yon from the beginning? "They Shall Mount up with Wings" (Isa. If we trust and obey, obey and trust, we rise into a purer atmosphere, and have a clearer vision we live in the very presence of God. A. "They that wait upon the Lord SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH." It is because we do not constantly wait upon the Lord. "Waiting upon the Lord." There is the strength of temper, and natural constitution, and a man may be able both to do and suffer very much by it. But the period comes when these youthful impulsions give place to the more restrained and disciplined energies of life, like those of the runner who has trained himself to maintain his pace, and to maintain it by not exceeding it. (2) In the subject, for the former strength is only in the outward, this in the inward man. (4) Humility, meekness, peace, and joy may not seem, at first view, to contribute anything to strength, but in truth they are among the necessary elements of this vigour of mind. His uncommon bodily strength, therefore, was from the Lord; and when He departed from him, he became weak as another man.2. (Evan H. Hopkins, B. The truth lies the other way! Love your Bible and fill your heart with it, but let God apply it in your daily life.3. 3 I'd part with all the joys of sense To gaze upon thy throne; Pleasure springs fresh for ever thence, Unspeakable, unknown. It is precisely because he is not tired that the man of God does not stop. But as they came round the curve from one line to the other friction and gravitation asserted their power. You throw a stone into the air. Our spiritual strength seems to include chiefly three things 1. Home-Life--Preparing for his Life-Work--The Vow of Separation--A Child of the Desert Zacharias and Elisabeth had probably almost ceased to pray for a child, or to urge the matter. 11 O God, a world of empty show, Dark wilds of restless, fruitless quest Lie round me wheresoe'er I go: Within, with Thee, is rest. Becoming weak as water, he shall not excel (Genesis 49:4).2. It is precisely because he is not tired that the man of God does not stop. )The blessedness of Divine serviceD. "They that wait upon the Lord."II. WE SEE WHAT THE LORD'S WAITING PEOPLE NEED. Before you read, set yourself still that your soul may realise, I am waiting for God to come in and take possession of me for to-day. There is no need for the word of inspiration to tell us that you can begin with a big inspiration and go on fast for a time, and then slow down to the ordinary tramp. The meaning is obviously, They, all depend upon Thee; men and beasts alike.2. L. Cuyler, D. D.This passage has the ring of an Alpine horn. This is different, and surpassing the other. HOW SHOULD SPIRITUAL STRENGTH BE EXHIBITED?1. They get filled. )The continued renewal of strengthR. THE IMPORT OF THE DECLARATION, that they who thus wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; or, as the words might be translated, shall be renewed in strength.1. When the determination of the will is not only fixed but strong, then the soul is in a vigorous state. The preaching of John Baptist foretold9. What do you say, Christian tradesman you upon whom God hath laid the responsibilities of home and family you Christian citizen-you whom the arrows of affliction have wounded you proclaimer of the Lord's message? He has kept the world going all these ages; and my short life of sixty, seventy, or eighty years will my God not care for and maintain that? His largeness and clearness of view give corresponding elevation and decision to his character. They do not know by experience the blessings of communion, and therefore these outward aids in public worship are of little use to them. He has kept the world going all these ages; and my short life of sixty, seventy, or eighty years will my God not care for and maintain that? If you are to wait aright upon the Lord, you must learn to know Him, you must turn away your thoughts and eyes and heart and trust from everything, and set them upon God alone, My conduct in waiting for a man, or waiting on him, will depend entirely upon what I think of him. Howells. If, however, his desires are set on the more refined pleasures of sense, such as the enjoyment of works of art, his hopes depend on the retention of the delicate sensibility of the organs by which he receives his impressions. The more alert and bold a youth will be, the more certainly he will at some time overtask his strength. There must be a regular feeding on God's Word and promises.III. He gains wide outlooks; he breathes a clear and crystalline atmosphere. It seemed impossible that these few exiles could escape from those nations, and go back to their own land and restore their institutions, but they did. This man, however, has this double life. They "shall renew their strength." Another sense in which the word "waiting" occurs in Scripture is, a willingness to be directed by the person waited upon. To speak of a man as able to strengthen himself, so as to dispense with Divine aid, is as unreasonable as it is unscriptural As well might you talk of a leafless tree clothing itself with verdure without the vernal sun as well of an enfeebled body recovering tone and energy without the reviving air of heaven. A change from one kind of strength to another. "(1) Thus moved, the believer strives above all things, and in all things, after perfect likeness to his Saviour in personal character. Let me translate that last word again, translate it by a word that is about as wide in its English significance as the word used by the prophet in his own time, "They shall mount up, they shall run, they shall go." Voysey, B. A.I. They diligently attend to, and take peculiar delight in, all His service and will.II. There is something very grand in these august and mysterious voices which call one to another in the opening verses of this chapter. Waiting upon God is a duty very frequently enforced in Scripture, and to which the highest blessings are annexed. By a sudden impetus or effort. The prophet here points us to the source of all true inspiration: "He giveth power to the faint." It is often found in persons of weak understanding, and in minds not highly cultivated by refined education.3. F. W. H. MYERS. The despondent are unhappy and weak, and they shrink from effort; but the hopeful are joyous and strong, and they delight to put forth their strength in action. A change from one kind of strength to another. On the Prophecy, Is. Men who live far from God are apt to grow sick and weary of the humdrum monotony of their daily life, especially if they have to bear some continuous burden from which they see little hope of escape. The ear is listening for the whispers of the Divine voice. I t would be improper to propose an alteration, though a slight one, in the reading of a text, without bearing my testimony to the great value of our English version, which I believe, in point of simplicity, strength, and fidelity, is not likely to be excelled by a new translation John NewtonMessiah Vol. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper.3. New strength will come to us for all holy enterprise in proportion as we trust in God for results. You are not in the wrong school. "They that wait upon the Lord SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH." Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received at the LORD 's hand double for all her sins. That is the time when we are spiritually aggressive, when we count as an active force in the world.3. "So I saw in my dream that he went from running to going, and from going to scrambling on his hands and knees, because of the steepness of the place." A weak Christian is a burden to himself as meeting with many difficulties which he cannot grapple with, but which prove too hard to him. They will walk, and not faint.". For even before conversion there is a kind of strength which does appear, and that also in reference to religion, and the duties of it, but it is not such a strength as any are to rest themselves contented with. Is it not just what we want to get higher, to go faster, and to be more calmly consistent? Is this the same as saying that we shall have the power of steady perseverance, of patient endurance under protracted trial? 1. But waiting on the Lord implies much more than this. 1 Father, I long, I faint to see The place of thine abode, I'd leave thy earthly courts and flee Up to thy seat, my God! It is well to rise up on wings of eagles, but now and then we must come to the level of our fellow-creatures, and in their service we are to run and not be weary. HOW ARE WE TO RENEW OUR STRENGTH? "My peace I give unto you," that is the legacy. Doubt seems so impossible, and elements of character are forming then that we should be poor indeed without in future time. The soul of fallen man naturally grovels on the earth; his face instead of being raised to heaven, is prone toward the ground. THE MEANS OF RENEWING OUR STRENGTH, as expressed in the phrase, "they that wait on the Lord."1. Not new faculties of body or of mind; not new opportunities for action, or new fields of enterprise; not so much new knowledge either; not even new desires and affections; but "new strength" fresh inspiration. When exhausted renew your power. Waiting upon God is a duty very frequently enforced in Scripture, and to which the highest blessings are annexed. Wesley fashioned modern England by faith. That is the way to finish. When you go into your closet for your morning devotions, do not, as is very often done, read the Bible and think about it and pray about it, and then get up and go. Then I repaired to one of the tonic springs and "waited" on its bubbling waters, trusting them and taking them into my system. We use the word "wait" with reference to service: a servant "waits" upon his master or his master's guests. 1. And God, in His omnipotence and faithfulness, is willing to work in my heart every moment of the day.2. This doctrine was the turning point of the Reformation in the sixteenth century. "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life," etc. For every new occasion, every new trial, every new labour, we shall get new power. The original is 'lead gently.' By continually waiting upon God. The older Jewish commentators imagined they discovered here a reference to an ancient belief that at a certain time the eagle plunged into the sea and bathed off his worn-out plumage, and that afterwards new feathers grew. Becoming weak as water, he shall not excel (Genesis 49:4).2. Tucker, B. A.I. Our deepest affections are stirred when we are told that redemption was made in love. THE CONDITION of all this. There are various kinds of hopefulness, which differ greatly in their nature and their effects. Cooke. I may be very busy in connection with the Church of Christ and the advancement of the knowledge of Christ. But he saith of a certain number, "My people." This is the highest of all exercises of spiritual strength, and effectually prepares for all the rest. ( C. H. B. Meyer, B. (b)But a little time, and much time lost already. Evidently the prophet uses it as representing an act of devotion, looking to God for help in the time of need. We all, therefore, belong to it in one sense or another, and cannot pass out of it.(W. Your stalk may be a broken one, and your petals may be shrivelled, but by waiting upon the Lord you shall renew your strength.II. "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." Greed, unrighteousness, sensuality, may appear to be more stable than granite. All this renewal of vitality was the result of waiting on one of those wonderful healthfountains. We often say that "knowledge is power": certainly, ignorance of.the truth of God is weakness. )The privileges of those who wait upon GodS. This is a pace which is very requisite for the Christian. Yet the power of thus rising on eagle's wings is not the only quality to be noticed in this symbolism. I t would be improper to propose an alteration, though a slight one, in the reading of a text, without bearing my testimony to the great value of our English version, which I believe, in point of simplicity, strength, and fidelity, is not likely to be excelled by a new translation John NewtonMessiah Vol. Every thing is beautiful in its season. Our whole future is mapped out with tests and trials, but we need not be afraid of these things if we are in the stream of the Divine supply. God is so near. When I look at what He does for the stars, I realise that His work is done every moment. The recurrence of the same form of interrogation in these two verses is remarkable. xl. Study and love your Bible, but remember it is God who must give the orders, and you will fail if you take them from a book. He who looks only at the burden of the world, and only sees its sorrow and shame, has not got to the last analysis of its meaning; he has not touched the Rock, is floundering in the mud. To wait upon Him implies a practical recognition of His existence, personal superintendence, and absolute authority. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth 'Have Ye Not? The bread of life for the hungry, the water of life for the thirsty.II. It is far easier for some of us to run than to walk. Halsey.But, you say, if this progression of ideas is a true climax, flying, running, walking why stay there? Before you read, set yourself still that your soul may realise, I am waiting for God to come in and take possession of me for to-day. And sated with the weary sum Of all men think, and hear, and see, O more than mother's heart, I come, A tired child to Thee. Among all the names that reveal God, this, the "God of all comfort," seems to me one of the loveliest and the most absolutely comforting. If we hope for His interposition, we are to be diligent in the use of those means which He hath appointed, and to which He hath promised His blessing.II. (2) Our manifold afflictions (Hebrews 12:5). Then the sacred words of the text will be fulfilled.I. It implies patience. "The men of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light." To one who thus heroically soars towards God and His light, the things of time and earth seem trivial and contemptible. Hidden in that secret pavilion we see things as they really are. Through this gate of tribulation Israel enters into the kingdom of holiness. hath it not been told yon from the beginning? 3. By this strength, spiritual duties are acceptably performed.4. Experience has proved that, to a great many souls, public worship is the greatest help they ever get, that it gives wings to their holiest prayers and brightness to their gladdest songs of praise, and that it does bring them nearer to God than any other external agency that they know of. The Divine Spirit comes into the hearts of men in ways that are inexplicable to the lower understanding, and that, therefore, men who are on the lower plane of life do not comprehend. There is no need for the word of inspiration to tell us that you can begin with a big inspiration and go on fast for a time, and then slow down to the ordinary tramp. I brought but little there. Get a renewing of this spiritual strength day by day. It expresses a solid endurability such as belongs to a stiff piece of oak that never bends and never breaks under heavy pressure. All men are influenced and governed by some kind of faith; but worldly men have no true faith in things spiritual and invisible. Learn to come into blessed fellowship with God. But they are only painted cloud. (3) But as only few can fly and only some can run, there are still some who can only walk. When a soul has its inner life hid with Christ and lives a life of true consecration it is enabled to take wing, and its "citizenship is in heaven." Is this the same as saying that we shall have the power of steady perseverance, of patient endurance under protracted trial? The prophet's imagery is startling, and some critics would presume to call his figures somewhat mixed; but the thought conveyed is clear. "They that wait," etc. It is possible for the best of men to lose much of the influence of religion from the heart, and for a time to be very unconscious of it.2. When he has to contend with the powers of nature, he is strong and victorious; but when he has to contend with the powers of spiritual wickedness, and with his own ungodly desires, he is helpless. In such moods we need to look away from the crowds, and from the glaring lights of the city, to the calm glories of the moon, and the stars above our heads. I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be. Do not men in all the ten thousand struggles of business? "For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.". It is for God's glory and our own usefulness.III. They shall "mount up," etc.(J. When men come to a higher Christian life they have days of spiritual insight; and those days grow longer and longer, like the days of the coming summer, when the sun goes down later and later, and rises earlier and earlier. )God's grace sufficient for all life's stagesJ. This doctrine was the turning point of the Reformation in the sixteenth century. "Walk without fainting."2. "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." A weak Christian will be an uncomfortable Christian.(T. WHAT IS THIS WAITING?1. 2020 10 Jul. Yet I venture to question whether such a discourse would strike the central teaching of the prophet. F. W. H. MYERS. But the period comes when these youthful impulsions give place to the more restrained and disciplined energies of life, like those of the runner who has trained himself to maintain his pace, and to maintain it by not exceeding it. Because they are human.2. If a number of ships of war were sent out to sea, and were ready to start at any moment, and if the question were asked, what are they waiting for?, the answer would likely be one of two things: either that they were waiting for supplies, or waiting for orders. We all grow weary physically and Spiritually. "Walk without fainting."2. This is a pace which is very requisite for the Christian. Now those composite figures had subtle meanings. And look at that time when He has the burden of the world upon Him. And perhaps it is in this region that a godly patience is needed most for the constant renewal of our spiritual strength. Who can measure the unfailing strength which inspires the Christian when he feels that he is safe in the threefold grasp of the Triune God?II. 3. The soul of fallen man naturally grovels on the earth; his face instead of being raised to heaven, is prone toward the ground. THE HOPES THAT ARE BASED ON FAITH GIVE STRENGTH TO LIVE FOR GOD. And it is this that tries our mettle most of all. He had "run" swiftly to and fro on many an errand of evangelisation; but he does not dwell on these as having called forth any remarkable manifestations of the Divine helpfulness. 1The ConsolationComfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Among all the names that reveal God, this, the "God of all comfort," seems to me one of the loveliest and the most absolutely comforting. It is the period of disenchantment; when we discover the bounds of the practical, and when we have a stronger sense of life's limitations than of its possibilities. His uncommon bodily strength, therefore, was from the Lord; and when He departed from him, he became weak as another man.2. What, then, is meant by this "waiting upon the Lord"? "Renew" means to "change your strength."1. Study and love your Bible, but remember it is God who must give the orders, and you will fail if you take them from a book. Thank God, too, for the running stage. Waiting upon the Lord. When the body is debilitated and needs to be strengthened, they spare no pains or expense to recover impaired health. So it is possible for the Christian to be moving on by a power that very soon expends itself, and by a process of exhaustion he falls back again under the gravitating influence of his evil tendencies. Dickson, D. D.)Waiting on GodD. Horton, D. D.1. --Isaiah 40:1. GOOD MEN ARE POSSESSED OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH.1. A. One who waits upon the king behaves in a different way from one who waits upon an ordinary person. A weak Christian will be an uncomfortable Christian. )Waiting upon the LordT. Luther changed the course of the centuries by faith. You must get deeper and deeper yet, and when you touch the Rock the pillars of the earth you will come to the fact that under all there is the eternal blessedness. IV. He is making His will. RENEWAL OF STRENGTH MEANS A RENEWAL OF ACTIVITY. 3), and more fully by St. Luke (Is. "Mount up with wings as eagles." The prophet, by the omnipotence of God18. Xl. It should put the worshipers of idols to shame. The guiding God: or the picture of the leading. Our Lord refers to a similar thought in John 4:14, "The water that I shall give him shall become in him." To wait upon Him implies a practical recognition of His existence, personal superintendence, and absolute authority. Capacity for the most strenuous exertion. Who can bring strength out of weakness? Is this really so? And then, before you pray, sit still, and shut your eyes and say, Will God now listen to me for certain? "They that wait upon the Lord."II. This implies a declension of strength, fainting, and fatigue; to all of which the Christian pilgrim is more or less exposed.1. THE HOPES THAT ARE BASED ON FAITH IN GOD GIVE STRENGTH ENOUGH TO APPROACH HIM. The whole point is there. There is a type of soul which soars like the eagle, its daring eye not flinching from the dazzling sun itself but drawn by it higher and higher with steadfast gaze till it is lost to sight of those on earth below. Open your bibles to the book of Isaiah chapter 40 and say, Amen when you are there. He will keep himself constantly near to God. He must give up all that he loveth for his Beloved, for Jesus will be loved alone above all things. Reviving Grace. But waiting upon God not only implies worship, it also implies obedience. It means "to wait, look for, hope, expect." Let's take a deeper look at what this verse means and how we can do it with more confidence and peace. Horton, D. D."Change their strength" (marg.). Such strength of rising as this can only come by closest communion with God. We must not be biassed by any theory of Church or ordinances, nor by any preaching, to suppose that we are shut up to the dealings of God with us through these channels. hast thou not heard?' We must not be biassed by any theory of Church or ordinances, nor by any preaching, to suppose that we are shut up to the dealings of God with us through these channels. (3) The afflictions of others, and the scandal of the Cross (Ephesians 3:13). A. We renew our strength to meet misfortunes and to carry our load of grief or bereavement, to keep a cheerful heart under the depression of disease, and when chilled by the cold shadow of death. This leads us to notice the three degrees of moral and spiritual activity presented to us in the figurative language of the prophet:. 2. "Renew" means to "change your strength."1. The prophet here points us to the source of all true inspiration: "He giveth power to the faint." How is this renewing influence, then, to be obtained? Among all the names that reveal God, this, the "God of all comfort," seems to me one of the loveliest and the most absolutely comforting. There is the strength of custom, and religious education. To save items to a SermonFolder, please sign in to your account. This seems to say that the life of communion with God is not a long series of vapid and unemotional hours, a dead level of mechanical and spiritless employments, but a life that has rare and glorious experiences, holy aspirations, ennobling thoughts, ecstatic emotions, spirit-stirring hopes.1. Comforts the people.Dictionary of Bible ThemesIsaiah 40:314612birds4690wings5763attitudes, positive to God5767attitudes, in prayer8150revival, personal8463priority, of faith, hope and love9612hope, in God9615hope, results ofIsaiah 40:27-316233rejection, experienceIsaiah 40:28-315537sleeplessness8724doubt, dealing withIsaiah 40:29-315057rest, physicalIsaiah 40:30-315178running8145renewal, people of GodLibraryApril 18. 1. "..they that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. 21 and 28. This renewing influence must come from God; surely that is a statement in harmony both with reason and with Scripture. Some carriages standing on the middle line of rails were to be attached to our train. T. Harwood.God: I. But hope feeds upon every act to which it prompts, and it grows thereby.2. THE HOPES THAT ARE BASED ON FAITH GIVE STRENGTH TO LIVE FOR GOD. The word does not say anything about the rate at which they go, and is used of the flight of the arrow through the air, or of the way of the ship driven before the wind, or of the gait of a swift-footed animal, or of the ordinary pace of man. )Standing stillJ. Poor and barren and diseased must that heart be which has no song of praise to sing, no gratitude to pour forth for past deliverances and for present mercies, which has no emotion of adoring love for a goodness so infinite and untiring. H. GerberdingThe Way of Salvation in the Lutheran ChurchThe Humble Worship of Heaven. He is ever ready to extend to us that protection and help without which we are powerless and defenceless. 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