ROUTINE

Last week I shared how God will always show up for His own regardless of how messy the situation may look. If you missed that you can read it here.

So, one of my very good readers asked me a question from that message wanting to know what we should do while waiting for God to show up. And also if there is a way we can know when He will show up.

In the matter of waiting for God to show up, it may not be a size fit answer as situations differ and responses to these circumstances can be different from person to person. Ordinarily, it is natural to say things such as prayer and staying hopeful. I have dealt with cases I find it hard to even believe or pray any longer for the person because of how grave the situation was. So it can be a tough one to say.

 

Does this mean we are helpless? No. As the saying goes that “You don’t prepare for a battle in the battle, you prepare before the battle”, so it is with all circumstances that life will throw at you. In reality, the circumstances come to check what it is you have got. Hence, that scripture if you fail in the day of adversity your strength is small.

 

Daniel was in a strange land but he was known to always practice the routine of a man devoted to God. He prayed at the regular prayer hour he had grown with and also did this by opening his windows so that it was obvious to all men. His success began to cause a lot of envy for the other guys who were also in the same rank as him. This led to the conspiracy against Daniel. The plan was to make the king sign a decree that will make sure he was thrown into the lion’s den if he continued to pray to his God. It was a major issue. It was a situation that was going to lead to compromise for Daniel. He had the option of either to keep praying to his God or decide to improvise on his prayer method because what if God does not show up before He is thrown into the lion’s den (And God didn’t)

 

He was thrown into the lion’s den but Daniel still believed just like the three Hebrew boys. In the lion’s den, Daniel still didn’t compromise we didn’t have any record of Daniel weeping before and during this trying time.

 

So what did he do and did he know God was going to show up?

“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.” Dan 6:10

He simply did what he had always done- praying at every prayer hour. He already had a consistent routine. A way he knew to get to God and reach to Him. Even though he was going through a tough time and facing what could mean losing his life, he kept on with the same routine he had always kept.

When you are at the waiting time, thinking of when God will show up and you don’t know what to do, what to do is what you have always done. A routine you have always kept before you entered into the waiting. Keep at it and He is too faithful to fail.

 

 

This was what Paul and Silas did. It wasn’t a special song for deliverance. It was two believers doing what they’d have done if they were not in chains. They always pray and sing.

 

I hope this helps.

Be Innovated,

Olufemi Ibitoye