“Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:30-31, BSB).

I had the thought that I could never fall, only fly. The picture was of falling, but being caught up by Christ and lifted up. As I was falling, my feet were not on the ground, so when Christ caught me up, I was flying. Then I realized there was a verse for that.

In the end of Isaiah 40, it talks about young men stumbling and falling. They have grown tired and weary. But there is another group that flies. Who are they? They are the ones who wait on the Lord. They don’t rush into battle to defend themselves. They don’t fret about what to do and seek to save themselves. They wait on the Lord. They keep at His side, not rushing ahead or fearfully staying behind. They look to Him. He, Himself—God, Himself—keeps them close, sheltered. And if they start to grow weary and faint, He, Himself, will bear them up. He will lift them up with eagle’s wings. He will bear them up above the circumstances and give them an eagle-eye view.

From up there, things look different. We can see God’s perspective better. We can see God’s goodness and mercy, His care and provision, His good purposes being worked out. And we walk with hind’s feet on high places, above the storm, above the flames, above the waves. They don’t touch us. They are there. But that’s not the reality; it’s the distraction. Don’t let the circumstances turn you from the truth of who you are in Christ: kept, secure, covered, carried, cared for, loved.