But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] will gain new strength...
Isaiah 40:31 AMP
Such an interesting description of "wait";
expect
look for
hope in
What is it I've wrapped my hopes, expectations, my future in?
At different times it may have been my education, my work, my bank account.
Another person, a holiday, a business, a gym subscription.
An inner world, or just shaking off the shackles and doing whatever I wanted...
expect
look for
hope in
For a while one or more of those things may have given strength.
But eventually, they drained it.
Depleted.
The promise here is if we wait on the Lord, Yahweh, put our hope and expectation in Him, let Him hold our future, there's new strength to be found.
Not the old, ordinary, rely on me only strength.
New strength.
I just need to choose to wait on Him.
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