How are you waiting for the Lord?

Last night our family home evening lesson was on the second coming of the the Lord. In 2 Nephi 6:13 it reads:

13 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the covenant people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the people of the Lord shall not be ^aashamed. For the people of the Lord are they who ^bwait for him; for they still wait for the coming of the Messiah.

What does it mean to wait for him? My favorite scripture is found in Isaiah 40:31. It says:

31 But they that ^await upon the Lord shall ^brenew their ^cstrength; they shall mount up with wings as ^deagles; they shall ^erun, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Notice all the action words. To wait for the Lord is not to sit and wait for Him to come. But it is to "wait upon." As we serve Him, our strength will be renewed and we shall run and not be weary, walk and not faint. Our family has been burdened down with the swine flu over the past few weeks, and when you're sick, you really long for that re-newness of strength. Spiritually speaking, in my life when I've not longed for that strength, I needed to get on my knees and pray for it. The Lord has never let me down.