The prophet Samuel’s command to King Saul was \u201cGo to Gilgal and wait\u2026 I will come, and God will give you directions\u201d (see 1 Samuel 10:8). Saul\u2019s only responsibility was to wait! God wanted to hear Saul say, \u201cGod keeps his word. Never once has a word from Samuel’s lips fallen to the ground. God said I should wait for directions, and I will wait.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, human pride often reasons, \u201cGod must not have meant it. Maybe I heard it wrong.\u201d Instead of standing on God’s word, we start trying to figure out things on our own. Lying in bed in the late hours, we say, \u201cLord, here’s how I see it can be done.\u201d It is wicked to do something very logical and reasonable when it is not God’s clear word of direction. If you want to prove anything to God, prove you will patiently wait for him to act.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Samuel said, \u2018What have you done?\u2019 Saul said, \u2018When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed\u2026. Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.\u2019 And Samuel said to Saul, \u2018You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which he commanded you\u2026. But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.\u2019\u201d (1 Samuel 13:11-14, NKJV).<\/em><\/p>\n Saul waited seven days, but that wait was unholy. He was impatient, angry, fearful, and pouting. We must wait with faith, believing that God cares for us and loves us, that he will be there on his time. This matter of waiting is so important that I must show you some scriptures to prove it.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it will be said in that day: \u2018Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.\u2019\u201d (Isaiah 25:9)<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cFor 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\u201d (Isaiah 64:4)<\/em>.<\/p>\n Dear believer, let us wait patiently and in full faith for God to move!<\/p>\n