FAITH CAPSULE: Waiting on God is keeping His way.

Matthew 6
 
King David, a man after God’s own heart, shared his experience in Psalm 37:34 stating, “Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land…” Undoubtedly, waiting on God is keeping His way. The way of God is the Word of God. Jesus the living Word of God stated, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
Keeping the way of God is in praying, fasting, spending time in His Word and watching for the manifestation of expectation.
Waiting in Prayer: Jesus taught about prayer in Matthew 6:5-8, “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.” Who can instructor or teach waiting in prayer more ideally than Jesus?
Waiting in Fasting: Just as Jesus mentioned waiting in prayer, so also He mentioned waiting in fasting. Matthew 6:16-18, “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”  To wait on God by fasting will not end in wasting.
For both praying and fasting, Jesus did not say ifyou pray or fast, He specifically stated, “When you pray and fast” indicating fasting and praying as a must be done by His disciples.
Wait by spending time watching: Micah testified to spending time waiting and watching. “Therefore, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.” (Micah 7:7) In looking up to God and waiting to hear from Him, one will receive only when one can see in the spoken word of God. Looking up to God, spend time in His living Word. He is a faithful God and He will speak His Word that never fails.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of keeping His way in your waiting.