The prophet's imagery is startling, and some critics would presume to call his figures somewhat mixed; but the thought conveyed is clear. But the strength spoken of in our text is evidently not corporeal strength; it is a power seated in the mind; but neither is it intellectual vigour. Elevated devotion. Xl. The love of created things is deceiving and unstable, but the love of Jesus is faithful and lasting. He has powers adapted to this exercise powers with which he can glorify his Maker; and he must not point those eagle faculties to the dust, but let them take wing and rise. They that wait upon the Lord shall "change," that is, they shall have another strength bestowed upon them, and such as will be more useful to them. The prophet's imagery is startling, and some critics would presume to call his figures somewhat mixed; but the thought conveyed is clear. To "renew their strength."1. We must renew our strength, for it is for our honour, comfort, and safety.4. There is also the heroic courage in speeding one's way as on eagle's wings in defiance of earth-born cries and warnings, and in lofty scorn of earthly interests and pursuits. Patiently to endure, persistently to press on whatever the burdens we must carry, whatever the inequalities and roughnesses of the way, whatever the obstacles that lie and the enemies that lurk in our path, whatever the tempests that beat overhead requires a strength of character and a heroism of soul that are the last achievement and the highest triumph of the spiritual life.(J. There is little or no effort in holy ecstasy, and its very joy is an inspiration. There are amateur and spasmodic philanthropists who dabble occasionally with the great social problems, and they feel their weight and cry out in despair. 20.--"And the Redeemer shall come unto Zion, and unto them that turn," &c. Doctrines, as things, have their seasons and times. The Divine idea was lifted above all the restrictions of race and locality to the throne of the universe; the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob was recognised as the Saviour of the ends of the earth. Magnetise a needle, and it becomes much more sensitive to the force of the magnet. 2 Here I behold thy distant face, And 'tis a pleasing sight; But to abide in thine embrace Is infinite delight. There are some kinds of people in the world who all on a sudden will amend their lives. Whatever it be in their power to do, that power will be increased and their strength renewed by waiting upon God. We use it, too, with reference to the holding of an interview with a superior: a deputation "waits" upon the Prime Minister; the Prime Minister "waits" upon His Majesty. The expression "wait upon" is a most felicitous one, because while it includes prayer it means and covers so much more.1. 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. How much of meaning is couched in those two words, "My people!" Youth is full of impulses, full of excesses, full of exaggerations. These are all comprehended in one expression, "waiting on the Lord."III. "Mount up with wings as eagles."1. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint." For the less strength we feel we have, the more we shall need and ask from Him. 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! The will is strengthened by holy exercises in godly purposes. )Waiting upon the LordJ. But running is harder than flying. This threefold description of mounting up, running and walking, presents three aspects of the same character. --ISAIAH xl. Nothing makes the heart sick like long delays. They wait His time, acquiesce in His methods.(J. So there is no word of truth, but it hath a season and time in which it is beautiful. And this is true to life" "They shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run; they shall walk." There is the strength of civility and moral principles. V. 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. L. Wiseman, B. It is better not to seek to produce ecstatic experiences in anticipation of the normal methods.3. We are not to devote all our lives to lonely musing. They shall grow more steady and established in religion. And when a contrary disposition is charged upon Israel, the Psalmist expresses it by saying, "They waited not for His counsel": that is, they wanted it not, nor meant to follow it, and therefore would not wait to receive it. The fact is, men are led to think they are going to conquer the whole land in five minutes, and imagine they are going to realise their ideal before they are five-and-twenty; and when they find that the nearer they ought to be getting to their ideal the farther it recedes into the distance, they are discouraged, and, out of sheer despair of ever reaching their ideal, they give it up, and laugh at those who try to pursue it. Then the sacred words of the text will be fulfilled.I. You see the eagle mounting up by a power that God has given it. How shall we avoid it? 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?2. (Sunday School Chronicle. First comes the "flying" stage. ( C. H. These two things seem very far away: man with his faintness, God with His eternity and inexhaustible omnipotence. Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Secret of Immortal Youth'Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall. ALL RENEWAL OF STRENGTH SHOULD BE REGULAR. Is this the same as saying that we shall have the power of steady perseverance, of patient endurance under protracted trial? Other images are used; those of the runner in the stadium, and the wrestler in the arena; but it is always on the walking that stress is laid. In common daily duty we are to run in the ways of God's commandments; but the word is more frequently employed to denote some direct obedience to some special command. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. We must speak in the language of reproof to all those who are strangers to this operation in the soul; who never do humbly wait upon God, but when chastised and rebuked of the Lord are disposed to resist His authority, to impugn His character as merciful and gracious; who give utterance to all the outbreaks of a rebellious, unsanctified heart. A. Let us rejoice in the Lord evermore, and again we say, rejoice. When by faith the regenerated soul draws near to God, the earth appears to recede; all its objects are seen to be diminutive; and the realities of the heavenly state are perceived, and operate with power on the susceptible mind. The Church is a very powerful instrument, and will be indispensable through ages. But waiting on the Lord implies much more than this. 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. 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. "Having done all, to stand!" "Renew" means to "change your strength."1. These two verses set forth two widely different operations of the divine power as exercised in two sadly different fields, the starry heavens and this weary world. (Andrew Murray. They shall walk and not faint words which seem to denote consistency in common daily life. )Renewing strengthHuman strength is of many kinds physical, mental, spiritual; but every form of human strength must of necessity spend itself. Whether it be philanthropic, political, social, or religious, that seems to be tram. But there are other thoughts that come to us in the quietude of the Divine fellowship. In point of comfort. "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life," etc. 1, 2), the words occur which are quoted by St. Matthew and St. Mark (Is. Our revisers have left this text exactly as, it stands in the A.V., "Mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and walk," and yet I do not think it is what the prophet meant. By the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, faith, love, and hope are brought into lively exercise; and these are as pinions to the soul. For one to wait upon another implies inferiority, and a desire of protection and assistance. We rejoice in the earliest flower because it is the earliest, and we rejoice in the latest flower because it is the latest; but do what you will, you cannot make the aster blossom in spring. (2) Keeping this high mark ever in view, he becomes strong enough to regulate by it all his social action. These are the great seers of the human race whose absorbing love and adoration of God has filled them with light and knowledge of Him little dreamed of by the many who have feebler and lower aspiration. And, at any cost, let him who speaks from the mouth of the true God himself be true. Is thy walk less with God, thy frame less heavenly? THE DEMONSTRATION OR CONFIRMATION OF THIS. Stand with me and lift up your bible and repeat after me. In point of honour, and that especially with God Himself. The boy who never knew what it was to be fagged out at school is not worth much. 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. 3. What has the Lord Jesus Christ to leave? It is for God's glory and our own usefulness.III. Even the drudgery of life can be transfigured in the light of the Father's love. L. Wiseman, B. Clearer vision.3. (Job Orton. Horton, D. D.)The strength of a ChristianT. (3) The spell of idolatry is broken for ever. Harwood. But once we understand that it is God that must work it in us, then I understand that my highest passivity will be my highest activity, for when I give myself entirely away to God, God can work in me, and then I will work as they that wait upon the Lord."1. 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." Do not men in all the ten thousand struggles of business? Even "as the stream of brooks they pass away." All strength apart from God is derived strength, and is consequently measurable, and must come to an end. 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. We know that they develop first by the body. Who can bring strength out of weakness? Now those composite figures had subtle meanings. The whole world is God's; the heaven, even the heaven of heavens are the Lord's and he reigneth among the children of men. (Sunday School Chronicle. 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. Its faith is romantic, the thrill of its devotion is exquisite. A change from one kind of strength to another. Child of God, that is to be your position. Hidden in that secret pavilion we see things as they really are. The elements of this strength are (1) Faith, founded on Divine illumination. Every thing is beautiful in its season. They shall find a supply of Divine help proportioned to their trials. Unclouded sunshine.III. While Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 18588Th Day. "Wilt thou not revive us, O Lord?" If, then, truth is eternal, and faith is omnipotent, why should any difficulties, however stupendous, or failures, however extensive, lead us to despair? For every new occasion, every new trial, every new labour, we shall get new power. 6. Then I have a question to ask. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper.3. Instead of this natural, and moral, and customary strength, they shall have a supernatural and spiritual given unto them. )The Christian's walkJ. It expresses a solid endurability such as belongs to a stiff piece of oak that never bends and never breaks under heavy pressure. In vain all my lonely musing, in vain all my bustle in the kingdom of Christ, if consistency of daily life does not accompany the whole. Trust in the Lord.II. If you and I have this grace, and if we practise it, what may we expect?1. HOW SPIRITUAL STRENGTH MAY BE ACQUIRED; AND HOW RENEWED, WHEN IT HAS BEEN IMPAIRED. The will is strengthened by holy exercises in godly purposes. Is this really so? How far this strength shall operate, and what noble effects it shall produce, may be seen by the following words.III. It is very easy to misunderstand this word "wait," and regard it as meaning inactive passivity. Holy hope is a wing that will bear the soul above to its anticipated possessions.III. This is expressive of 1. We like a little bit of excitement or emotion. Once more, the Christian is prompted to strenuous and persevering action by the appeal made to his desires. But how does God reveal Himself when He calls upon us to wait upon Him? 2. Even when incapable of being active in the service of God, grace is promised for enabling them to move forward without fainting in the path of submission and suffering. "He is Faithful that Promised." "I can do all things," said Paul, "through Christ which strengtheneth me." (4) Patient and submissive perseverance. I felt an ardency of soul to be what I know not otherwise how to express, emptied and annihilated; to love Edward M. BoundsThe Essentials of PrayerThe God of all Comfort"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." The strength of wit, and reason, and understanding, and memory, and the like, while their heart and will and affections have no saving work at all upon them. But I believe that the preaching of the high ideal, divorced from the preaching of its attainment by the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, is the reason for more than one-half the cynicism that you find amongst men from thirty-five to forty at the present day. 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. 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. Beneath that bright beam the moisture that encumbered it is exhaled; its bent stalk raises itself again, its shrivelled petals expand into beauty, and it diffuses around a cheering fragrance in gratitude to the power that has renewed its strength. )Waiting upon the LordT. It pleases God, also, to employ the companionship of friends and neighbours in developing men in the direction of their higher manhood. Luther calls it: "The doctrine of a standing or a falling church," i.e., as a church holds fast and appropriates this doctrine she remains pure and firm, and as she departs from it, she becomes corrupt and falls. They get filled. Men never could see the corona of the sun the red flame that surrounds that orb until the sun was eclipsed; and the corona, the light, the glory of God is seen when men are under eclipse and in darkness. But more than all, in view of the great work to which he is calling his countrymen, he writes for those who feel called upon to do something in the world, for those who are conscious of high powers, and are in the purest sense of the word ambitious.(T. THE DEMONSTRATION OR CONFIRMATION OF THIS. April 18. Hidden in that secret pavilion we see things as they really are. Never failing to seek and obtain fellowship with God in the highest, always daring to attempt great actions, this heavenly minded man has thoughts and yearnings which raise his mode of life above the level of common things. That is the teaching of the prophet. It will also lead us to exert our best endeavours, and put forth all our own strength, as we would not be chargeable with the guilt of affronting God by asking His help without them. Cowardly indolence, indeed! Howells.I. Watch it a bit and down it comes again; the power has spent itself. And because the servants of God have gone awfully wrong when it has not been renewed.5. "(5) The only other ingredient of spiritual strength is zeal, zeal according to knowledge. The truth lies the other way! "Waiting on the Lord" by prayer has the same effect on them that it has on an empty bucket to set it under a rain-spout. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 1. Halsey.But, you say, if this progression of ideas is a true climax, flying, running, walking why stay there? )Untiring progressF. That is your great need. Halsey.We find here the true order of experience in life.1. But how does He leave it? Yet I venture to question whether such a discourse would strike the central teaching of the prophet. Of those whom he hath chosen, whom he hath purchased to himself, he saith what he saith not of others. God is so near. Now when he ceases from self and takes God as his strength, he changes his strength.2. A. Thine Arms, to whom I turn and cling With thirsting soul that longs for Thee; Frances BevanHymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and OthersHis Schools and Schoolmasters. As bodily health is only found in a well-balanced and healthy state of the corporeal functions, so spiritual strength can only be found in souls into which new life has been infused, and is in vigorous exercise. These two verses set forth two widely different operations of the divine power as exercised in two sadly different fields, the starry heavens and this weary world. The sevenfold blessing of the Exile stands written in the unimpeachable Chronicles of Israel, and the world. Nature has its springs, and so has grace. (1) The motion itself. To do this makes greater demands upon our moral steadfastness than to do either of the before-mentioned stages in our life experience. Is this the same as saying that we shall have the power of steady perseverance, of patient endurance under protracted trial? --ISAIAH xl. Instead of this natural, and moral, and customary strength, they shall have a supernatural and spiritual given unto them. Anderson. This is the truth on which he is insisting before these downhearted and enfeebled Babylonian captives whose hands hang down, whose knees are feeble. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.' hast thou not heard?' All the organs are there, but they want new strength. To walk we want something like continuous, sustained evenness of conduct, progressing quietly and steadily day by day in the common round of life; not impulsive, not capricious, not changeable; without show, humble, and always the same. THE RESULT. It is like a river or a stream always passing away, and yet the power is always present; the power moving the mill-wheel, not by jerks, but by a continuous stream, always passing away, and yet ever flowing in; one measure of strength succeeding that which has been expended. The whole soul gets strength by such exercise. C. But here we have a direct promise from a covenant-keeping God, that our strength shall be renewed adequate to all the demands which a perilous enterprise can render necessary.3. Renewal often comes to men in their extremity like this. Tymms. God is able to help us. (vers. THE ENCOURAGEMENT GIVEN. But while we cannot pass over such times and such experiences, it would be unhealthy to be dwelling upon them as if they were the whole of life. To one who thus heroically soars towards God and His light, the things of time and earth seem trivial and contemptible. One of the oldest and best tried rules of religion is THE SACRED DUTY OF COMMUNION WITH GOD. "Run, and be weary," etc.1. Because they wanted this principle of spiritual strength.3. They shall grow more steady and established in religion. Let us not be impatient of them. Hocart. The Cherubim and Seraphim show that images are not fit to represent divine mysteries. In quantity and degree. 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. First comes the "flying" stage. He is making His will. Rare landscape.5. This is first chapter of new. )The Christian's walkJ. GOOD MEN ARE POSSESSED OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH.1. THE PROMISE. But hope feeds upon every act to which it prompts, and it grows thereby.2. And the first thing that strikes us is the language used by the prophet language so far removed from mere formal expression. The recurrence of the same form of interrogation in these two verses is remarkable. Wait for the power of the Holy Spirit every day. This is expressive of 1. hast thou not heard?' The period of fresh, wild enthusiasms; the season of zeal without discretion, when all sorts of impossibilities are dreamed, all sorts of vain things attempted. (3) But the essence of spiritual strength resides in the will A fixed purpose is that which more clearly characterise the genuine Christian than anything else. Why not logically carry the idea further, and say that standing still is the sublimest consummation of the Divine life in many Even so. EXODUS XV. Such a vision restores the heart of faith. Is prayer less a privilege than it has John Ross MacduffThe Faithful Promiser"And the Redeemer Shall Come unto Zion, and unto them that Turn,"Isaiah lix. There could be little doubt but that from childhood he had often looked upon some of those carved tablets on which men with wings of eagles fastened to their shoulders were common, that he had often looked on those colossal images of winged bulls and lions and men such as may be seen in our British Museum to-day. Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength.They will mount up with wings like eagles.They will run and not get tired.They will walk and not become weary. 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