FAITH CAPSULE: Those who wait on Him must know to walk in line of His word.

1 Samuel 1

At every waiting on God man must walk before God. Walking before God is walking in His command. The Lord spoke to the Israelites through Moses, “You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 18:4) Walking in the word of God makes waiting on Him for His visitation undeniable. Those who wait on Him must to know walk in line of His word. David testified in Psalm 40: 1-2, “I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.  He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth- praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the LORD.” Waiting on God can be very challenging when it takes longer than expected to experience His hand. God is never in a hurry or in a rush, but He will do what His word says He will do. His words are perfect and proven. Wait patiently for God and He will visit you, He acts for those that wait for Him.
It is written in Isaiah 64:4, “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.” God is waiting to act if you will walk before Him your waiting will not waste.

With grace to wait patiently, no pit in hell will keep us grounded. Passing through the trial of waiting will no doubt put a new song in our mouth just like Hannah. Hannah going to Shiloh every year despite her barrenness was an example of waiting for God patiently. She walked before God by ignoring all provocation directed to her by Peninnah. It is written, “And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb. So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.” (1 Samuel 1:6-7) God is exceedingly a good God and He does not fail to honor the consistency in His word. It does not matter how long you have been waiting if you will walk before Him in your waiting He will visit you. It is important to always remember the word of the Psalmist, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills—from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1-2) Help from God is true to deliver when waiting is engaged by walking before Him.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of waiting on God without any iota of doubt.