FAITH CAPSULE: A failure not to ignore delay can turn man quickly out of the way of God.

Exodus 32:1-14

Delay can be discouraging in the process of hindrance. In the journey of life, delay off a process can possibly terminate a positive expectation. As a believer, there should be understanding that with God, delay is not a denial. Are you experiencing delay in any area of life? It is important to note that, whenever there is a failure to ignore delay there will be doubt in place. With doubt comes every reason to despise the faithfulness of God that is rooted in the word of God.
It is written, “Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”(Exodus32:1)
Moses’ delay from coming down from going to the mountain caused doubt of the Israelites. The Israelites should have known quite well that God could not have abandoned them, yet they gave self to unnecessary worry. As a result of Moses’ delay unfaithfulness took the faithfulness of the Israelites. The Israelites’ experience of delay caused them to look for another god. The truth is when we wait on God we can never become wasted. In life, some delays are what measure our faithfulness before God. When Moses’ delay became glaring in the sight of the children of Israel, they began to seek for a god to take over from God that cannot be substituted. A failure not to ignore delay can turn man quickly out of the way of God.
Are you experiencing any delay?
Your delay will turn unto deliverance if you trust and wait in the name of Jesus. The Bible declares in Philippians 4:6-7, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” A state of unexpected delay will definitely generate concern and there will be every reason to be anxious. The word encourages by stating the antidote for anxiousness: Take all to God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, and the peace of God will take over you. Instead of you seeing delay be encouraged by seeing in the word of God. God alone is the One that delivers and He alone is in control of all. Deny delay; declare all His goodness and His mercy that never expire.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to wait patiently on the hand of God.