But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31
Hope is fuel for our spiritual motors. We have lost everything when all hope is gone and none can be found. Isaiah knows a little about this. He spent his entire life under the dread and menace of an enemy empire, yet, he led Jerusalem spiritually and the city alone survived the Assyrian invasion of both Israel and Judah.
Isaiah’s prophecies read as though they are past events, yet they are still to come. He gets to see God and His Kingdom from a different perspective than we do and his exaltation over the wondrous things in store are our comfort because that hope is already a reality.
These words of consolation are not meaningless syllables for the dispirited. There have been consequences for disobedience and sin, but still, there is love and God is faithful to His promises. He can be trusted far beyond our present circumstances. Our hope is beyond this world’s faults and fissures. It is in the Holiness, the perfection, of the One True God that taught the eagle to rest on a high current of air unseen by human eye.
Love,
Gretchen