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Isaiah 40:31

以赛亚书 40:31

The Passage

Those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

In the other language

但那等候耶和华的必从新得力。他们必如鹰展翅上腾，他们奔跑却不困倦，行走却不疲乏。

Theme

Renewed strength

Bring a question to this passage

Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Isaiah's sequence is strange and worth sitting with: those who wait will mount up like eagles, then run, then walk. The list moves toward the ordinary. By the end the promise is not flight at all, but the plain ability to keep walking without fainting — which is usually what a hard season actually needs. Waiting here is not passivity; it is refusing to run on a strength you do not have. Where are you trying to fly when the day only requires walking?

Carry thisThe end of the promise is walking, not fainting.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

The movement from soaring to running to walking gives this passage room for more than one pace. It does not directly describe relationships, but it places strength alongside waiting for the Lord rather than endless effort. Wanting to love better can become another demand you place on yourself: be more patient, more available, more understanding, all at once. You can bring that desire to God without pretending your strength is unlimited. Waiting need not mean neglecting the other person; it can mean pausing before responding and admitting when you are tired. What would loving at an honest, sustainable pace look like for you?

Carry thisA patient pace can be part of genuine care.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

Waiting, rather than constant effort, is where this passage locates renewed strength. Its images include soaring, running, and ordinary walking; strength is not pictured in only one form. The verse does not identify what you must release, but it offers a challenge to the assumption that pushing harder is always the faithful response. You may notice how tightly you hold an exhausting pace or the need to prove that you are never tired. Waiting on the Lord is not a technique for guaranteeing relief. It makes room for dependence rather than endless self-demand. This verse does not identify what you must release. How much of your effort is driven by the need to appear tireless, and what would it mean for you to wait on the Lord?

Carry thisWaiting can be an expression of trust, not failure.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Waiting stands beside soaring, running, and walking in this passage. It is not presented as wasted time or as the opposite of a meaningful life. The strength described belongs to those who wait for the Lord, rather than to those who never pause. This is not a technique for guaranteeing fresh energy, and weariness is not proof that you have waited badly. For your busy life, the passage offers a different posture: you can turn toward God without making the pause earn its place through greater productivity afterward. Even ordinary walking belongs within its vision of strength. When in your busy day could you pause to wait on the Lord without asking that pause to make you more productive?

Carry thisA pause does not have to earn its place.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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Isaiah 40 — in context

25“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

26Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking.

27Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?”

28Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

29He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

30Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

31But those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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