FAITH CAPSULE: Acting against the will of God is a sin and it is also a way of not waiting on God.
Genesis 39
Waiting on God is not only in prayer or fasting. Waiting on God can be action taken in a decisive situation that is life threatening. When in the face of life threatening situations, a believer is able to take action that falls in line with God’s Word and the result is always favorable and glorifying to God. For example, when we purpose for God’s name to be glorified in our life, every force of opposition will consent with us against their position. This example is what happened to Daniel and his three friends. While in captivity, Daniel refused to deny their God in his ways of life, but waited on God by his actions. The master of the king’s eunuchs acted according to the king’s instruction when he offered Daniel the king delicacies and of the king’s wine. In response to the master eunuchs, Daniel refused the kings portion for not wanting to defile his body. It is written, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” (Daniel 1:8) The eunuch insisted while Daniel persisted not to defile himself. The eunuchs, in his attempt to convince Daniel, confessed, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head before the king.”(Daniel 1:10) Daniel’s trust and waiting on God was demonstrated when he gave assurance to the eunuch that without eating the kings delicacies, his appearance would become better. With Daniel’s assurance, the eunuch consented to Daniel’s request that was rooted in the trust of His God. Joseph, as a slave in the house of Potiphar, declined to lay with his master’s wife by stating, “…there is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”(Genesis 39:9) Deciding or acting against the will of God is a sin and it is also a way not to wait on God. Regardless of your situation, remember God for His ways. Wait in your actions and He will not fail. The Word testifies, “…For the LORD is the God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed.” (1 Samuel 2:3)God weighs our actions to determine how heavy we place Him in our decisions to act and not to act. God was glorified in the life of Daniel and Joseph and they were both exceedingly favored in their journey of life.
Prayer for today: Ask for a heart to always wait on God in your action.