Spiritual Physics 4 – Aero-Physics Part 2
Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Last week, we learned in Spiritual Aero Physics part 1 that there are four forces applied to an airplane: gravity, resistance, thrust, and lift. We learned that spiritual resistance comes in many forms such as hardships, financial struggles or difficulties, broken relationships, illness, and more. However, when we experience spiritual resistance, it can also allow us to experience spiritual lift and thus will be able to fly to the sky. The main point of last week’s message was learning how to use our hardships and suffering to produce hope.
Though, we don’t always react this way when we initially face spiritual resistance. While we want to go forward, facing adversity is difficult and painful. We may decide to run away or stop altogether. Like a plane that stops and falls due to gravity, if we decide on inaction, we will fall into sin.
So what do we need to do to keep flying? We need to gain thrust and continually gain the power of thrust to overcome gravity to fly.
We need to move forward. When the Israelites had escaped Egypt and a life of slavery, God wanted to lead them to the promised land. However, when they had initially encountered the hardships of the wilderness, they cursed God and wanted to return to Egypt. We need to move forward despite the difficulties and the resistance that we are met with.
We need to keep our eyes on God. Whenever we run, we need to keep our eyes forward so that we do not fall. We cannot look away or behind us, lest we fall. Similarly, when we move forward, we need to set our eyes on God like Paul with an undivided heart.
We need to focus on Jesus Christ and wait on the Lord.
Isaiah 40:31 – but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 says that we should wait for the Lord. However, some may confuse this with inaction. To wait on the Lord is an active choice that we make with our hearts. We continue to do what we have been doing, in setting our eyes ahead with our heart set on God, trusting in Him. We wait, not because we have no options, but because we choose to believe when the Bible says that God will help us.
Some attribute the writings of Psalm 55 to King David, which tells about a man being verbally and physically abused and harassed. In context to David’s life, he had been betrayed by his son Absalom and wrote about how he felt restless and mourned everyday with a broken heart. He wrote about the pain that he experienced and the betrayal he felt, wanting simply to run away and hide. However, as we know, David chooses to trust in the Lord. Like David, we too, should trust in the Lord as God will surely sustain us.
When we set our eyes on God and keep moving with an undivided heart, we not only experience the unpleasantries and pain of resistance, but we also experience God’s thrust. We must not rely on what we can do but rely on God’s divine reaction. Until then, we must move forward with an undivided heart and wait on Him because surely, He promises to sustain us.
Reflection Questions:
What are your main takeaways from this week’s message?
In what aspect of your life do you feel like you are waiting on the Lord for?
