Isaiah 40:31 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.

Wait. OK, what do you want me to do? Wait. So am I to sit and do nothing or am I to wait on you as a waitperson who serves? The meanings of words do change, which is it?

Do you ever get hung up on a word with multiple modern meanings and wonder exactly what was meant at the time of the writing? I think it is a good thing to wonder and ask questions. We don’t have to act like we know it all. We can ask.

“But they that wait” is derived from one Hebrew word, qavah, Strong’s number H6960. If you skip over the usage section and get down to the Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon you will find ancient roots that shed some real light. To twist, bind, hence with a rope.

Now we have something that we can build upon with clarity of meaning, bringing supporting scriptures into play.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Now we see with more clarify the rest of the opening verse in that our strength is not in ourselves but He with whom we have an unbreakable bond. Maybe you already knew that. Perhaps you understand right past wait and did not need to dig deeper into ancient text. Great, but not everyone does and for those who have questions, the Lord has answers.

Are you prepared to answer those questions when asked?

Ecclesiastes 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Can you relate to this verse? Have you ever felt this way? Or have you lost your appetite for tasty things?

It has been a long time since I visited upon you my readers the issues of the sermon. The issue of preparing a sermon which will touch the lives of a congregation is very difficult. Our congregation is not filled with nothing but the mature in faith. Neither is it only babes in Christ. Even if the pastor knew the maturity level of each and every believer and made his sermon relatable to them, where would that leave the unbeliever in the midst?

Do we have unbelievers in our midst? I would hope so for if we do not, then we are not doing the most vital of all callings within the body of Christ, making new disciples. Please, oh please, do not tell me that you only desire to worship with people who believe as you do?

Give me a house full of unbelievers over those who cannot be helped. An unbeliever in our midst is an open mind seeking to find something they know they do not have. The babe in Christ wants to grow, give me more of these. But you, so mature in faith, so wise, so learned, so full of bold confidence, have you stopped growing?

Hebrews 5:2,12 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

Again I ask, have you lost your appetite?