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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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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