FAITH CAPSULE: Waiting on God without patience can be a waste of time.

Engaging patience can be painful, but it is beneficial in all its applications.
In an attempt to find God, when patience is applied, one will gain from God.
Wait on God with patience to gain His attention.
It is never too late to apply patience, waiting on God for the manifestation of expectation.
David, who was after the heart of God, testifies to the importance of waiting on God with patience.
Psalm 40:1 records, “I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry.”
God answered David while he waited on God.
Are you waiting patiently for so long with nothing to show for what you expected?
In waiting patiently, let there be character rooted in faith, as strength to remain waiting for God.
Psalm 37:7 records kinds of character rooted in faith, “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.”
When waiting patiently, exercise more faith to rest in the Lord with no fear of failure.
God is a good God and will not look away from faith exercised.
The consequence of waiting patiently for God will provoke a response from God.
However, with fear in place while waiting on God, failure is inevitable.
King Saul could not wait patiently for God when Samuel told him to wait for the appointed time for the sacrificial offering before the war against the Philistines. I Samuel 13:9-10 records: “Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattered from him. So Saul said, ‘Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.’ And he offered the burnt offering. Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came…”
With no patient to wait, King Saul violated the word of God to wait.
Obedience is rooted in faith.
One who exercises obedience will faithfully seek God for His visitation.
To have faith in God is a character with hope, who obeys God to please God.
The Bible describes faith as, “…the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)
Do you believe in God?
Abraham lived a life of obedience because he believed in God.
Hebrews 11: 8-10 stated: “By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”  With faith, Abraham had faith to wait on the promise of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to wait on Him in the journey of life.