Wait on the Lord in prayer and trust
"Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is God from of old, creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny. He gives power to the faint, abundant strength to the weak. Though young men faint and grow weary, and youths stagger and fall, they that hope in the LORD will renew their strength, they will soar on eagles’ wings, they will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint." (Isaiah 40:28-31) In this profound oracle of consolation, the prophet Isaiah proclaims the boundless might and inexhaustible fidelity of the Lord, calling weary hearts to rediscover strength in the One who never tires and whose wisdom is unfathomable. These words, directed originally to the exiled and disheartened people of Israel, echo through every generation as an invitation to trust in divine power rather than human resources. Isaiah confronts the temptation to despair and spiritual fatigue with the rhetorical force of truth: "...