FAITH CAPSULE: Persistently, wait on the appointed time of God.

1 Samuel 1:1-28 

Every year Elkanah, Hannah, Peninnah, and all the children of Peninnah go to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts. 
Hannah had no child, but Peninnah had children.
Every year they went, nothing changed in the story of Hannah, but she was committed with no complaint to be going to worship at Shiloh. 
On every trip to Shiloh, 1 Samuel 1:4-7 records how Elkanah did not reduce Hannah in his giving to her despite not having a child. The Bible states, “And whenever the time came for Elkanah to make an offering, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah, he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the LORD had closed her womb. And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the LORD had closed her womb. So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.” 
Trips of Hannah to Shiloh must have been emotionally challenging, but there was no record of any forcing from her against none.
Hannah was the neediest and probably the quietest. 
Hannah was barren, yet she had trust and hope for intervention, and she could not stop going to serve God.
Hannah maintained her focus on serving God to provoke the visitation of God over her life.
In your life challenges, what is it that represents barrenness?
Do not stop serving God.
Waiting on God demands persistence, but God will act, and you will experience the visitation of God.
Be persistent, call on God without a doubt. 
Persistency is a demonstration of faith to please God. Hebrews 11:6 buttresses, “But without faith, it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” 
The situation with Hannah was: God closed her womb, and God opened her womb. 
The persistency of Hannah provoked the hand of God to open her womb. God responded to Hannah with blessings beyond her expectation. 
Know today that God is God. 
Seek no man, not to seal up the closed door that is already upon you. 
Seek God persistently, and God shall open your closed door.
God alone is God!
Hannah was persistent, and God at His appointed time, remembered her. 1 Samuel 1:20 records: So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked for him from the Lord.
If your expectation from God is experiencing delay, know that delay will fail to deny the manifestation of God over your life.
Hannah waits persistently before God to experience the visitation of God over her life.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to focus on God for His appointed time.