FAITH CAPSULE: In this wicked world stop looking to man but wait only on God.
Esther 8
Waiting on God should be a way of life. Waiting on God should never cease in the life of those who know the awesome hand of God. Waiting on God is the evidence of having faith in God. Faith in God that catapult (propels) waiting on God is the faith that comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) Waiting on God never waste and never lead to failure. Waiting on God is like holding the key that opens door of prayer. Waiting demands patience that will make man to pray and not lose heart. An example of waiting with expectation is in the Parable of the Persistent Widow by Jesus. It is recorded, “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’” (Luke 18:2-5) In the parable of Jesus, the widow could not cease because she waited through and received her expectation.
Are you one that is waiting with expectation of manifestation by trusting on the word of God?
The word of God, the catapult of waiting has never failed and it shall not return void to God. Word of God encourages against our wicked ones stating, “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.” (Psalm 37:7) “For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.” (Psalm 37:9)
Do you have the faith to wait by resting in the Lord knowing that the schemes of wicked shall pass and the evildoers are set to be cut off?
The wicked schemes of Haman to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus could not stand in the face of waiting on God by Mordecai and Esther. (Esther 8) God is so caring and man should know that He is a God that waits for those who wait on Him as Isaiah 30:18 buttressed, “Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.” In this wicked world stop looking to man but keep looking to God by waiting for the God of salvation that is our healer.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of waiting only on God.