What Does It Mean to Wait for the Lord?

We know what it is like to wait—we are caught in circumstances often beyond our control and we may not have a clear sense of what is next, how it will turn out, or how the Lord is involved. Especially in this season, we wait—for restrictions to ease, for return to work, for life to return to normal. We sometimes wonder if we’re going to make it. The promise the Lord makes in Isaiah 40:31 is that those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength. What does it mean to “wait for the Lord”, and how can we find new strength from day to day until we see the things for which we long?