FAITH CAPSULE: Who do you wait or look up to in times of challenge?
John 11:1-44
The word of God does not fail if all will live life by His word.
Challenges shall always succumb to the one with engagement to the word of God.
Isaiah 40:31 encourages, “But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”
Who do you wait or look up to in times of challenge?
Waiting on God is looking up to God with attention to experience His divine intervention.
Waiting or looking up to God is seeking God to look down with response. Psalm 14:2 testifies, “The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God.” Wait, look up to God that response with unfailing attention.
Waiting and looking up to God is an action, a demonstration of faith that pleases God and will always act towards action before Him.
Isaiah 64:4 records how God responses to one that wait on Him, “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.”
Jesus demonstrated what it is like to wait or look up to God for divine attention of God in the place of challenge, the situation of impossibility.
Lazarus was dead before the arrival of Jesus at his cave.
Stone was rolled, against Lazarus, the confirmation of his death.
For Lazarus, he was dead.
Above all, there was no medical practitioner recorded to be on the ground for Lazarus.
Jesus, the Commanding commander, gave a command for the stone to be removed.
The Bible records: “So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me. When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.” (John 11:41-44)
Among the actions of Jesus for Lazarus to come back to life was that Jesus looked up for divine intervention.
Jesus set up an example for all to know and always look up whenever all hope is lost.
Also, Jesus looked up and gave thanks.
Jesus did not wait or look to man; He did not wait or look up to complain, but He looked up to give thanks for the expectation that was yet at hand. In your challenging situation, who are you waiting for or looking to gain your deliverance?
Are you a true believer or an unbelieving believer?
A true believer should not wait or look outside of God.
From today, get to know, to expect manifestation from the Almighty God; Omnipotent and Omnipresent God.
Prayer for today: Ask that God shall visit you with His salvation.