Working with God - Waiting and Working

Working with God by Andrew Murray Waiting and Working They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; Neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him. —Isaiah 40:31, 64:4 KJV Here we have two texts in which the connection between waiting and working is made clear. In the first we see that waiting brings the needed strength for working—that it fits for joyful and unwearied work. '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.' Waiting on God has its value in this: it makes us strong in work for God. The second reveals the secret of this strength. God worketh for Him that waiteth for Him. The waiting on God secures the working of God for us and in us, out of which our work must spring. The two passages teach the great lesson, that as waiti...