Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Isaiah 40:31

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Isaiah 40:31, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Isaiah 40. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
  • Psalms 27:13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Psalms 103:5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may r…
  • Hebrews 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the ra…
  • Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Romans 8:25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
  • Isaiah 30:18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they…
  • Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
  • Psalms 37:34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
  • Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
  • 2 Corinthians 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
  • Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

More to meet God in Isaiah

Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 53:5Isaiah 43:2Isaiah 26:3Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 41:13Isaiah 40:29Isaiah 61:3Isaiah 55:8Isaiah 43:19Isaiah 30:18Isaiah 57:15Isaiah 53:10Isaiah 11:11

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.