FAITH CAPSULE: Waiting on God with patience is getting God’s attention.

Psalm 40

Believing God is having faith in the word of God to be obedient and to be waiting patiently.
The Bible describes faith as, “…the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)
Do you believe in God? Abraham lived a life of obedience because he believes in God. Hebrews 11: 8-10 stated: “By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”  With faith, Abraham’ distinctly did things that made him obtain good testimony and to live life with a full understanding of God: he obeyed by going as commanded by God; by faith, he dwelt in a strange land; and by faith, he waited on God’s promise.
A man’s waiting on God in all endeavors to gain in the promise of God can be impossible when there is no patience. Abraham waited patiently on God’s word to arrive at God’s center of divine assignment for his life. David testified, “I waited patiently for the Lord, And He inclined to me and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:1) Waiting on God with patience is getting God’s attention. Waiting without a patient is the avenue for man’s distraction not to arrive at God’s center of divine assignment.
King Saul could not wait patiently for God’s word when Samuel told him to wait for the appointed time for sacrificial offering before the war against Philistines. The Bible records: “Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattered from him. So Saul said, ‘Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.’ And he offered the burnt offering. Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering that Samuel came…” (I Samuel 13:9-10) With no patient to wait, King Saul violated the word of God by not waiting for seven days as requested by Samuel. Abraham’s case is different from King Saul when he waited patiently in the face of hopelessness but lived life with hope for the glory of God. To be waiting patiently on God’s word can be painful but God is faithful to act by, blessing those who wait patiently by His word.
Are you one that is claiming Abraham blessings but not living a life of obedience like Abraham? In the Bible, Abraham’s life is written for all man to get an understanding of Abraham’s life to obtain God’s promises.
Living right is living patiently, waiting on God.
Why not live upright?
Give self to the written word of God as stated, “…no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.” (Psalm 84:11) Continually, walk upright by waiting patiently in life endeavors and God will act with answers for you.

Prayer for today: Ask God that you will live uprightly in the journey of life.