赐能力，加力量给那等候祂的人
以赛亚四十章里好信息的第五方面，乃是耶和华救主赐能力，加力量给那等候祂的人（29-31）。当我们为主说话的时候，就经历到这事：我们得着祂赐能力并加力。
疲乏的，主赐能力; 软弱的，祂加力量
保罗在以弗所六章十节说，“你们要在主里，靠着祂力量的权能，得着加力。”他也宣告说，“我在那加我能力者的里面，凡事都能作。”（腓四13）。基督是那位加能力者，所以我们这些等候祂的人，不会疲乏或困倦。在基督这位加力者里面，我们如鹰展翅上腾。以赛亚四十章三十至三十一节说，“就是少年人也会疲乏困倦，强壮的也会力竭跌倒; 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。”这是旧约描写那些信靠耶稣的人。新约在以弗所六章十节和腓立比四章十三节也说到这事。保罗在腓立比四章十二节说，“我都学得秘诀。”他学得了在基督里知足的秘诀，所以他不疲乏或困倦。到了提后四章七节，他在一生末了的时候，宣告说，“当跑的赛程，我已经跑尽了。”
以赛亚书四十章的总结
以赛亚四十章陈明一幅包罗万有之基督作耶和华救主的美妙图画。藉着祂活而长存的话，我们得了重生。我们得着祂的喂养，就认识祂是至圣者、永远的神、耶和华、诸天和地的创造者。祂是无限量的、追测不尽的、无可比拟的、高超的。我们人类就如水滴和微尘。我们乃是虚无，甚至不及虚无，乃为虚空、无有。当我们这样认识基督时，我们就有资格等候祂。我们是无有，祂是万有。所以，我们不信靠自己。我们乃是信靠祂并等候祂。然后祂就使我们如鹰展翅上腾，我们就能奔跑基督徒生活的赛程，不致疲乏或困倦。这是以赛亚四十章向我们所陈明的基督。
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Empowering and Strengthening Those Who Wait On Him — Isa. 40:29-31
The fifth aspect of the glad tidings in Isaiah 40 is that Jehovah the Savior empowers and strengthens those who wait on Him (Isa. 40:29-31). We experience this when we prophesy, when we speak for the Lord. When we prophesy, we are empowered and strengthened.
Give Power to the Faint, to Those Who Have No Vigor He Multiplies Strength
In Ephesians 6:10 Paul said, “Be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength.” He also declared, “I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me” (Phil. 4:13). Christ is the empowering One, so we who wait on Him will not faint or become weary. In Christ as the empowering One, we will mount up with wings like eagles. Isaiah 40:30 and 31 say, “Although youths will faint and become weary, / And young men shall collapse exhausted; / Yet those who wait on Jehovah will renew their strength; / They will mount up with wings like eagles; / They will run and will not faint; / They will walk and will not become weary.” This is the Old Testament way of describing those who trust in Jesus. The New Testament expresses this in Ephesians 6:10 and Philippians 4:13. Paul also says in Philippians 4:12, “I have learned the secret.” He learned the secret of sufficiency in Christ, so he did not faint or become weary. At the end of his life, in 2 Timothy 4:7, he declared, “I have finished the course.”
The Conclusion of Chapter 40 in Isaiah
Isaiah 40 presents a marvelous picture of the all-inclusive Christ as Jehovah the Savior. Through His living and abiding word, we have been regenerated. We have been fed by Him to know Him as the Holy One, the eternal God, Jehovah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. He is unlimited, unsearchable, incomparable and high. We human beings are as a drop of water and specks of dust. We are nothing and even less than nothing, vanity, emptiness. When we know Christ in this way, we are qualified to wait on Him. We are nothing, and He is everything. Therefore, we do not have any trust in ourselves. We put our trust in Him and wait on Him. He then gives us the eagles’ wings to mount up, so that we can run the course of the Christian life without fainting or becoming weary. This is the very Christ presented to us in Isaiah 40.