Isaiah 28:16 promises the first coming of Jesus the Messiah, some day. And the Prophet penned those words around seven hundred years prior to the Virgin Birth of our Lord!

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.”

Jesus the (chief) Corner Stone, the very Foundation of His Church! “Precious” and “Sure!”

Then the Line that has captured my attention this morning. “He that believeth shall not make haste.”

Interestingly, the Hebrew word for “believe” is here spelled “aman!” It means “to trust, to stand fast.” Two or three times it is (in our King James Bibles) translated “to nurse,” or “to be nursed!”

As in … LET THIS VERSE, THIS PROPHECY, HEAL YOU! NOURISH YOU! WARM YOU AND CUDDLE YOU!

And just as Jesus has come exactly as depicted by this great prophecy … though centuries later … so will all the other promises, prophecies of the Bible be fulfilled as well.

Even if also … “centuries later!”

But we who believe should not “make haste,” in Hebrew “chush.” We should not (in other words) get impatient, doubt, be frustrated!

Just wait on the Lord!

Not a lazy waiting, but an “occupy until I come” sort of waiting! (Quoting Luke 19:13.)

In other words, lots of Christians in America (for obvious reasons) these days are saying “Jesus is coming soon.”

And He well may be.

I wouldn’t doubt that fact for a second.

But also … “He that believeth shall not make haste.” If Jesus does not return to get us for decades … we are to keep on believing!

Peacefully rest in His Promise … “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:2-3

Tomorrow … or next century … without fretfulness … we are look for Him (His Second Coming) every day!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

“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.” Resting in, patiently waiting on … the dear Lord, Isaiah 40:31.

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