FAITH CAPSULE: In time of challenge do not walk out of the way of God.

1 Kings 19

Challenges comes like a flood and it comes with warning or without warning. Challenges knows no discrimination but goes with attempt to terminate victim. One thing is clear, challenges does not matter who you are in the Lord but it is certain that a child of God shall overcome. Challenge can be named as affliction. Word of God does not fail to deliver as stated, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19) Just in case any challenge comes your way do not walk out of the way of God.
Elijah executed the prophets of Baal at Brook Kishon and it provoked Jezebel the wife of King Ahab to attempt Elijah with threat. Elijah did not receive the threat of Jezebel lightly but responded to run without seeking God. For Elijah, it was a challenge and he could not handle it with faith when he ran for his life. The bible recorded, “But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die…” (1 Kings 19:4) Elijah’s challenge made him to be naked without garment of faith to wait on God.
As a believer, how are you responding to your challenge? In times of challenge, waiting on God does not lead to wasting away. The bible encouraged us about waiting on God, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run” (Isaiah 40:31) Waiting on God is trusting and hoping on God. Waiting to trust and hope in God is to have taken a position under a shield which never fails. Proverbs 30:5 buttressed, “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.” God taught Elijah’s waiting on Him when He directed Elijah stating, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD…” (1 Kings 19:11) In your challenge, are you running in the place of walking or you are walking in the place of running? With understanding, know that solution for your stability is the word of God. Isaiah 33:6 speaks loud about stability, “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation…” 
Elijah waited for God, “…the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.” (1Kings 19:11) In your challenge, wait on God and He will act at His time not at your time. God cannot be rushed out of His salvation plan.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be waiting on God always.