FAITH CAPSULE: God for salvation is not manipulable and cannot become controllable by anyone.  

1 Kings 19

God cannot become rushed out of His plan of salvation.
Are you one that runs before asking God if to run or not to run? 
Whenever challenges come like a flood, it does not matter if you are in the Lord, but it matters to wait in trusting God. 
Elijah executed the prophets of Baal at Brook Kishon.
After the execution, Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab, threatened to do the same (kill) Prophet Elijah. 
Elijah did not receive the news well but responded by running without seeking God. 
1 Kings 19:4 records, “But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die…”  
A believer in God, when faced with challenges, such a believer should dress up in faith and avoid hasty decisions. 
Waiting on God does not lead to wasting away. 
The Bible encourages us about waiting in Isaiah 40:31, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run.” 
Also, waiting on God is trusting and having hope for God. 
Trust and hope in God are to have taken a position under a shield that never fails. 
Proverbs 30:5 says, “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.” 
God responded to the running of Elijah with a command stating, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD…” (1 Kings 19:11)
The command for Elijah to stand is waiting for God to show up. 
Are you experiencing a similar situation where you have taken to running, where walking is the solution for your stability? 
While Elijah was standing on the mountain waiting for God, “…the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire, and after the fire a still small voice.” (1 Kings 19:11) 
Trusting and having hope in God does not intimidate God to respond out of His timing. 
Trusting God is equal to waiting till He answers, regardless of the magnitude of the challenge before one waits. 
God will not rush out of His salvation plan. 
God did not show up in the great and strong wind, neither did He show up in the earthquake or fire. 
The timing of God for salvation is not manipulable and cannot become controllable by anyone. 
The time of the year is not too late to act out, not trusting to wait on God to experience manifestation. 
Do not worry, but give yourself to worshiping God. 
Caring for God will raise you above and beyond your expectations.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you in His righteousness.