FAITH CAPSULE: God is waiting to act for one who waits for Him.
Isaiah 64
God has been faithful to all His promises in His word.
God is mindful of all, not to be a victim of failure in all walks of life. From Genesis to Revelation, His promises come with the condition for all to claim.
Give yourself to the condition of God to claim His promise.
Isaiah 64:4 records the promise of God, “For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.”
1Corinthians 2:9 confirms the promise of God, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9)
The above verses testify to the blessings of God waiting to act for one who waits for Him.
The condition to claim the promise of God is for those who love Him.
By living life, do you love God, that is, do you obey His word?
Those who love God will know to wait on God.
God acts for the ones who wait on Him.
Waiting for God is a failure impossibility; it is the assurance blessing not to be a failure in all walks of life.
To wait on God is with unfailing conditions. Isaiah 64:5 records, “You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, who remembers You in Your ways…”
Identified conditions to experience the act of God are:
REJOICING IN GOD, DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS, REMEMBERING THE WAYS OF GOD.
REJOICE BEFORE GOD
Rejoice is one of the three identified conditions.
Some Bible verses identify the importance of rejoicing as the condition of claiming the promise of God.
Psalm 9:2, “I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to your name, O most High.”
Psalm 16:11, “In Your presence is fullness of joy…”
From the word of God, learn to be having joy.
Proverbs 8:30 states, “…I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him.”
One with joy is accessible to God that acts for ones who wait on Him.
The Apostle Paul admonishes the importance of joy, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4)
Psalmist also testified, “For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name.” (Psalm 33:21)
Rejoice when seeking God to provoke God to act on behalf of one.
Psalm 70:4 states, “Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You…”
In truth, by His word, without rejoicing to gain the promise of God is not enough to experience the act of God.
Be joyful in the word of God according to the word of God.
Believe in the living word of God, and wait on God to experience the act of God.
Prayer for today: Ask to be obedient to engage condition and be able to claim His promises.