Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary… This is the disposition of good Christians to be heavenly in their meditations and desires. This they are upon these grounds — 1. Out of respect to Christ who is their Head, and is in heaven already (Colossians 3:1). 2. The new nature which is in Christians inclines them hereunto likewise. What makes fire to go upward? It has a principle in it which does so dispose it. Everything acts suitably to its principles, and so it is here. Believers are born from above, and therefore it is that they are carried up thither. 3. The end they are ordained to. They are "begotten to a lively hope," and to a "heavenly inheritance." Now where should the minds of great heirs be but where their estates lie? (1 Peter 1:3, 4.) (T. Horton, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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