{"id":11405,"date":"2024-05-10T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=11405"},"modified":"2024-05-09T03:48:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T03:48:08","slug":"wait-waste-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=11405","title":{"rendered":"WAIT WASTE NOT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong>\u00a0Waiting on God is not a waste of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Isaiah 40<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without absolute trust in waiting on God, absolute emerging from waiting is not possible.\u00a0<br \/>God does not waste a word.\u00a0<br \/>Have you received and believed in Christ as Lord and Savior through the word documented in the pages of the Bible? Why not take every word with passion?\u00a0<br \/>God promised in His word,\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cBut 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.\u201d (Isaiah 40:31)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>God is not a man that He should tell lies\u00a0and\u00a0whatever\u00a0He says He will do is a done deal.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>Remember, the word of God does not\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>return to God void, But it shall\u00a0<strong>accomplish<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>what<\/strong>\u00a0I please, And it shall prosper\u00a0<em>in the thing<\/em>\u00a0for which I sent it.<strong><em>\u00a0(Isaiah 55:1)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Are you lacking in the area of the rest of God?<br \/>Avenue to rest of God is in waiting on Him.\u00a0<br \/>Not waiting on Him is the way to go astray.\u00a0<br \/>Going astray is rooted in the heart.\u00a0<br \/>Manifestly, any heart that goes astray will miss His way.\u00a0<br \/>God is a good God, and to end outside of a good way is not of God.\u00a0<br \/>Indeed, what is not good is not of God.\u00a0<br \/>God is a God of time and process.\u00a0<br \/>His time is not like the time of man; likewise, His process is not the process of man.\u00a0<br \/>The timing of God is perfect.\u00a0<br \/>His process is preparation for where He has time for everyone to be.<br \/>Waiting on God can be defined as time to remain unmoving or inactive until the manifestation of expectation.<br \/>Waiting can be a state of repose until something one expects happens.<br \/>Waiting on God is also putting off further activity until later.\u00a0<br \/>Waiting on God usually entails staying for a short or long time and a definite purpose; that is, for something expected.\u00a0<br \/>Without absolute trust in waiting on God, there will be no absolute result emerging from waiting on God.\u00a0<br \/>The Psalmist testifies,\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cO my God, I trust in You; let me not be ashamed; let not my enemies triumph over me. Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed; let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.\u201d (Psalm 25:2-3)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>Trusting and hoping in God is what energizes waiting on Him.\u00a0<br \/>Trusting in God does have blessings, and not trusting in Him will also generate curses.\u00a0<br \/>God spoke in\u00a0<strong><em>Jeremiah 17:5, \u201c\u2026Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>Regarding blessing, the same Word of God states in\u00a0<strong><em>Jeremiah 17:7, \u201cBlessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>How can you wait on whom you do not trust and hope?\u00a0<br \/>Having trust in place will enable waiting on Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Ask that the spirit of waiting on God to become your portion.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0Waiting on God is not a waste of time.\u00a0 Isaiah 40 Without absolute trust in waiting on God, absolute emerging from waiting is not possible.\u00a0God does not waste a word.\u00a0Have you received and believed in Christ as Lord and Savior through the word documented in the pages of the Bible? 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