Isaiah 40:31 | Waiting Is Something You Do With Your Eyes

You have probably heard the popular version of the Hebrew word for wait, qavah. It means to twist, like strands twisted into a rope, so waiting is really you being braided together with God. That is a good sermon. It may not be a good lexicon. Here is what does hold: count the King James renderings of the waiting root and you get wait twenty-nine times and look thirteen times. Look for. As in expect.

Now look at the order of what Isaiah promises: mount up, run, walk. That list goes down, not up. It ends on walking, the least impressive thing on the list, and the only one you are going to need on a Tuesday.

Anchored in Isaiah 40:31. Season opener for The Waiting Season, a walk through Habakkuk.