Verse of the Day for June 15

Isaiah begins with two questions that sound almost impatient. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard. These people knew the truth already. They had simply grown too tired to hold on to it.

That is what waiting does. It is not that we forget what we believe. The long hours wear the edges off it. So the prophet repeats the basics. God fainteth not, neither is weary. Whatever you are waiting for, he is not tired of you.

Then verse twenty nine. He giveth power to the faint. Look who receives it. Not the strong, not those who have waited well, but the faint, and them that have no might. The qualification for this gift is having nothing left.

Verse thirty removes the last excuse for shame. Even the youths shall faint and be weary. The young, the fit, the people who seemed to have endless energy, they faint too. Running out is human, not a moral failure.

If you are sitting in a waiting room today, at a hospital, an embassy, or on the bench outside a courtroom, you are allowed to be empty. That is exactly who the power is given to.

Being out of strength is the very condition this promise was written for.

God is not weary of your waiting, even if you are.