FAITH CAPSULE: To live the word is rooted in having faith.

Psalm 40

Patiently wait for the word of God to gain His attention.
Believing the word of God is living by the word of God.
To live the word is rooted in having faith.
Faith does have the source: Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. (Romans 10:17)
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 believed and was enabled to live a life of obedience.
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 distinctly did things that made him obtain good testimony and to live life with a full understanding of God: he obeyed by going as commanded by God; by faith, he dwelt in a strange land; and by faith, he waited on God’s promise.
A man’s waiting on God in all endeavors to gain in the promise of God can be impossible when there is no patience.
Abraham waited patiently for God’s word to arrive at God’s center of divine assignment for his life.
Abraham patiently waited for the word of God.
In all his walks, he did not miss out on the promise of God.
David testified, “I waited patiently for the Lord, and He inclined to me and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:1) Waiting on God with patience is getting God’s attention.
When one with patience cannot focus, distraction will deny waiting on God.
King Saul had a direction to keep him waiting patiently for God, but the distractions of his surroundings prompted his disobedience.
The Bible 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…” (I Samuel 13:9-10)
With no patient to wait, King Saul violated the word of God by not waiting for seven days as requested by Samuel.
Are you waiting on God according to His word?
Psalm 84:11 encourages all, stating, “…no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
Walking upright by waiting patiently in life endeavors is the character of a believer.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable your life to be upright in the journey of life.