I hate running!!! I get tired quick, my chest hurts, my breath is short, my legs tremble, my feet bark, and my spit taste salty like blood. Maybe it's all in my mind. Maybe I'm super duper out of shape. Whatever the case, all I know is that I hate running. So recently my fiance put me on to this "new" trend: SPEED WALKING…walking, with speed. After watching a couple of videos on youtube I decided to give it a try. It's a total blast! Speed walking naturally causes laughter because you feel and look funny doing it. And after a couple months, the body is just as conditioned as a marathon runner.
But what in the world does SPEED WALKING have to do with anything that really matters…other than my own lethargic efforts to work out??????
"He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might He increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; 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."
Isaiah 40:29-31
God has me in a season of utter WAIT. I am putting my acting and filmmaking career on hold, waiting on Him to bring it into fruition in His timing. I was recently proposed to by an awesome man of God, yet I am depart in July for 11 months to pursue God's kingdom. So, again, I must wait.
Waiting, I've learned, is not my strong point. I am weak, faint, frail, and impatient when it comes to waiting. Is it that I am plagued by the American Microwave era? Perhaps. Or maybe I have not allowed patience to have her perfect work in me. Whatever the case…I know one thing…God has me on hold. But His promise to me is this: if and when I yield to waiting….then and only then will I mount up with wings as an Eagle…the toughest bird in the sky. That I will run His course and not be physically or mentally exhausted, nor will I be dissatisfied along the way. The things that I have to wait for won't even be an issue because His strength promises to satisfy and empower me. His last promise is that I will walk and be courageous, bold, loud, and unmistakable. I will not cower in this season of wait. Though my heart beats heavy with the "whens" and "how" certain things will come to pass, I will look this season in the face and carry on in it…SPEED WALKING along the way!!!!
