BORN TO SOAR

 

Have you not known?

Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable. 
He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength. 
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
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.  (Isaiah 40:28-31)

There is a truth God wants us to know.  There is a message He wants us to hear.  God is in control—for He is “the LORD.”  He is always there, for He is “The everlasting God,” and He is ever near, since He is “The Creator of the ends of the earth.”  Yahweh is omnipotent and thus, “Neither faints nor is weary,” and He is omniscient and therefore, “His understanding is unsearchable.”  God has boundless power and limitless perception—and because we belong to Him, He makes these resources available to those created in His image! 

He gives power to the weak,

And to those who have no might He increases strength.

Nothing comes my way except by His permission and for His purposes, and that for my good and His glory.  No matter the season of my life, He is watching over me as the everlasting God.  No matter the sphere of my location, He is standing with me as the Creator of the ends of the earth.  From the womb to the tomb, and from the east to the west, He is working and watching.  In my insufficiency, I can know His strength.  In my ignorance, I can receive His wisdom.

The strongest of men will face situations that sap them.  The smartest of men will find questions that stump them.  If dependent on the arm of flesh and the wisdom of man we have no hope.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall,

It is those who acknowledge they are at the end of their ability and ingenuity, in desperate need of God’s sufficiency who receive supernatural aid! 

But those who wait on the LORD

Shall renew their strength.

Like the molting process of the eagle, shedding its old feathers, and being renewed as new ones come in, so we are renewed in order to soar!  “They shall mount up with wings like eagles,” God promises!  Is there a bird more majestic than the eagle?  His flight is so high, his sight is so keen, and his might is so great—no other fowl may compare to him! Child of God, you were born to soar! 

In our youth we can race to victory, “They shall run and not be weary,” and in our old age we can walk with vitality, “They shall walk and not faint.”  This is our potential, and yet we must admit that many are not experiencing a life that soars.  Born to be an eagle winging into the sky, we are waddling in a swamp as though we are a duck.  What makes the difference?  Here is the pivotal phrase, “those who wait on the LORD.”  With a patient faith and a persistent hope, we humbly come to the end of ourselves that we may come to the experience of His omnipotence.

Should I ask you today, “How are you?”  I may  hear the response often repeated to me, “Okay, under the circumstances.”  Dear brother or sister—why are you UNDER the circumstances?  You can rise ABOVE them!  You were born to soar on wings of faith and hope!