Expectant or Pregnant

But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired. ~ Isaiah 40:31 AMP

Because we use the terms “expectant” and “pregnant” so interchangeably, their significance and meaning have gotten lost.  To be “pregnant” could mean “with child; fertile; full of meaning; of great importance or potential,” (dictionary.com).  But expectation is so much more.  Expectation is a constant and persevering state of looking forward to and anticipating something will happen.  So if expectation is anticipation—a knowing, if you will—that something will happen and pregnancy is having the potential that something will happen, which would you rather be?

In the middle of the night, an angel of the Lord went to Mary and said that she would carry and deliver the Son of the Most High God.  Upon hearing the news, she became filled with expectation and said, “May it be to me as you have said,” (see Luke 1:28-38).  You don’t have to be pregnant to be filled with expectation.  If expectation is looking for God to show up and knowing that He will, then we can and should all be expectant.

My prayer is that as challenges come, I would continue to look with expectation for the Lord, knowing that it will renew my strength and power and I will be able to mount up close to God as an eagle; and that I will run and not become weary, and walk and not become faint or tired.  Thank you, Father.  In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.