FAITH CAPSULE: It is not time to give up on your expectation from God.

Luke 11:1-13, 18:1-8

Are you thinking of giving up your expectation? Giving up expectation is not the solution for manifestation but the evidence of lack of faith. The more reason why giving up is not a solution is because there is no other one to look up to but the One and Almighty God. He declared in Isaiah 45:22, “Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.” In every area of need the expectation to receive from God demands for one to be persistent.

Jesus gave a parable of a widow that was asking a wicked judge for justice against her adversary. The widow, knowing that the judge was not going to give her what she wanted remained persistent in her asking. The wicked judge eventually responded to answer the widow’s request. Jesus pointed out to us in this parable that if a wicked judge could have mercy and responding to persistent demand, our God will not look away from our calling on him. The key message in the parable as stated by Jesus is, “…always ought to pray and not lose heart.” (Luke 18:1) To be thinking of giving up in the area of expectation is the evidence of punctured faith.

In another story by Jesus, it is clear that being persistent is rooted in understanding that in expectation there is manifestation. Jesus narrated a story, “And He said to them, ’Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.” (Luke 11:5-8) The story of Jesus depicts to us the importance and the need to be persistent and not give up on looking up to God. Psalm 145:15 states that, “The eyes of all look expectantly to You, and You give them their food in due season.” Looking up and not giving up from looking up is persistence.
It is not time to give up on your expectation from God. Isaiah 64:4 buttress “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.” Hope and trust God in all areas of your expectation. Do not give up.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to remain persistent in every area of your expectation from Him.