FAITH CAPSULE:To wait on God is to gain rest in Him and not waiting on God is to waste.

1Samuel 1
 
It is written in Lamentation 3:25, “The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seek Him.” There are so many benefits to gain from waiting. It is written, “But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31) Life is a journey and the journey is incomplete until we get to the expected end. All that it takes to journey is to wait on Him. When we wait on God, our strength is supernaturally renewed. For anyone who waits on God, it will be impossible to walk where they are supposed to run. Also, it will be impossible to run where the journey demands walking. Have you been walking where your journey demands that you run? The goodness of God extends to the fact that He will wait for those who wait for Him. (Isaiah 30:18) By virtue of His word that cannot be broken, it is written, “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.” (Isaiah 64:4) God is the God who acts for the ones who wait for Him. As one who understands that the challenges of the wicked world require a precise and effective direction in getting to the expected end in life’s journey, what will it cost you to wait on God? Knowing that there is so much to gain in waiting on Him, why not look up and ask Him for the grace of waiting on Him?
NOT WAITING ON GOD
To wait on God is to gain rest in Him and not waiting on God is to waste. When the children of Israel failed to wait on God, they wasted away in the wilderness. Psalm 106:13-14, “They soon forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel, but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert.” A failure to meditate on His Word leads to forgetting His works and not waiting on Him. Once, Samuel commanded King Saul to wait for burnt offering. King Saul did not wait but went further to carry out the offering against the Law of Moses. Samuel came and responded to King Saul’s inability to wait stating, “…but now your kingdom shall not continue…” (1 Samuel 13:14) King Saul could not wait and wasted when God did not permit him to get to his expected end.
There is so much to gain and nothing to lose from waiting on God. Understand and know to wait on the Lord because, “… those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.” (Psalm 37:9)
 
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of waiting on Him?