Wings Like Eagles

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Hello, my friend… so glad you're with me today. This is By God's Call — day 231, Wings Like Eagles.

"But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31.

This chapter opens with an enormous question: who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? Who has weighed the mountains in scales? It's a massive portrait of the Creator — a God who never faints or grows weary, whose understanding is unsearchable. And it's only after establishing that, that the text arrives at the verse we love to repeat.

But notice the context: the people of Israel had been saying, "my way is hidden from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God." They were exhausted. Exhausted from exile, exhausted from waiting, exhausted from not seeing the promise come true. And it's right in that real, non-theoretical exhaustion that God speaks this word of renewal.

"Waiting for the LORD" — this phrase doesn't mean standing still, arms crossed, letting time pass. In the original, it carries the sense of being intertwined, clinging tightly, like a braided cord. It's an active waiting, a trust that grips onto God even when the answer is delayed.

And look at the progression the verse describes: first mounting up like an eagle — the extraordinary moment, the visible miracle. Then running without growing weary — the accelerated pace of life, the daily challenges. And finally walking without fainting — the plain, ordinary walk, the one nobody applauds, but where most of us actually live day to day. God promises strength for all three.

That makes me wonder: which of these three are you living right now? Maybe you're in a season of flight, watching God move visibly. Maybe you're running, trying to keep up with everything life demands. Or maybe you're just walking, through an ordinary day, feeling like you don't even have energy for one more step. God's promise reaches you wherever you are.

And notice: it isn't that God removes your tired strength and lays His over it like a temporary bandage. He renews — a word that suggests exchange, replacement from the inside out. Like an eagle trading its old feathers for new ones. Your old strength gives way to a strength that only comes from waiting on Him.

So today, I want to invite you to take an honest pause. Where have you been running on your own strength, trying to carry yourself alone? Name that before God. Hand that weariness to Him in prayer, and let Him begin renewing what only He can renew.

Stay close to God. Pray — then act. I'll see you tomorrow, my friend.