Daily devotion – Tuesday 20th April 2021.
Today, let us wait on the Lord!
“Isa 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.”
Nowhere in the Bible does it teach that Christians are exempt from tribulation and natural disaster. We live in a fallen world infected with the disease of sin, and we share in its misery and pain.
However, the Bible does teach that we can face trials with a power others do not have access to – the power of God! As we trust in Him, God enables us to endure, and even discern His purposes in the midst of suffering.
Christiana Tsai, the Chinese’s daughter of a former governor in China wrote, “Throughout my many years of illness (53), I have never dared to ask God why He allowed me to suffer so long. I only ask what He wants me to do.”
The eagle has the unique ability to lock its joints and soar effortlessly on an updraft, instead of flapping its wings. As we wait on God, He helps us use the winds of adversity to rise and even soar above our problems.
As the Bible says, “Those who wait on the Lord….shall mount up with wings like eagles.”