“But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles” (Isaiah 40:31, NKJV). Renew is the key word. Not strength manufactured from nothing, but strength restored, replenished from a source outside ourselves.
Waiting here isn’t passive idleness. It’s active dependence, trusting God to supply what our own reserves have run out of.
Mounting up with wings like eagles pictures effortless soaring, a striking contrast to the exhausted striving most of us default to when our strength runs low.
Where has your own strength been running on empty lately, in a way this verse invites you to bring back to God for renewal rather than pushing through alone?