If you have memorized much scripture, our text is probably in your repertoire: "They that wait upon 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."

This is one of those favorite texts that I've quoted a lot, referred to often, but never preached a sermon on it. So, as I close this series of sermons on the random texts that I have been tucking aside, I come to this favorite one.

Newell Dwight Hillis, one of the giant preachers at the turn of the century, called the 31st verse of Isaiah 40 -- the climax of "an epic of the unwearied God and the fainting strength of man."

For splendor of imagery, for majesty and elevation, the 40th Chapter of Isaiah is one of the supreme things in literature. P…