The Glory in Waiting: A Call to Complete Surrender

The Glory in Waiting: A Call to Complete Surrender


In First Samuel 10:8, the prophet Samuel instructed Saul:


“Seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do.”


Saul was not merely given an instruction. He was given a test.


He was to go down to Gilgal and wait seven days until Samuel arrived to offer sacrifices and reveal God’s direction. The instruction was clear. The timeline was defined. The responsibility was simple: wait.


But when Samuel did not appear as expected and the Philistines began to gather for battle, fear entered Saul’s heart. The pressure of the moment became louder than the word of God. Seeing his men scattered and his enemies advancing, Saul took matters into his own hands and offered the burnt offering himself—an act reserved for the priest alone.


What seemed urgent was actually disobedience.

What looked like leadership was impatience.

What felt like wisdom was fear disguised as responsibility.


And it cost him the kingdom.



The Meaning of the Seven Days


In Scripture, the number seven often signifies completeness. Saul’s seven-day wait was not arbitrary; it represented a call to complete trust, full surrender, and total obedience.


Would he trust God under pressure?

Would he remain faithful when heaven appeared silent?

Would he obey when circumstances threatened his position?


The trial was not designed to destroy Saul but to reveal the state of his heart. Waiting exposes what we truly trust. It reveals whether we depend on God or on our own understanding.


Every test of faith serves one purpose: to bring us into complete surrender. Trials are not meant to push us into self-preservation but into deeper reliance on God.



The Danger of “Helping” God


Saul’s mistake was not isolated in Scripture. Abraham also faced a prolonged season of waiting. After ten years without a child, he listened to Sarah and took Hagar in an attempt to fulfil God’s promise through human effort.


Delay tested his faith. And in that delay, the voice of the flesh became louder than the promise of God.


Whenever we attempt to “help” God accomplish what He has promised, we step outside obedience. Impatience produces Ishmael before Isaac.


The flesh always suggests a shortcut.

Faith always chooses surrender.



Faith That Remains, Even Without Rescue


True surrender is not conditional. It does not obey only when outcomes are guaranteed.


Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego declared before King Nebuchadnezzar that even if God did not deliver them from the fiery furnace, they would not bow.


That is complete surrender.


Complete trust says: “Even if God does not act the way I expect, I will still obey.”


When the heart fully rests in God, fear loses its control. Pressure no longer dictates decisions. Circumstances no longer compel disobedience.


As nothing moves a dead man, so the believer who has died to the flesh is no longer moved by its demands. Waiting on God crucifies self-will.



When the Heart Fully Rests


Until a person fully trusts and surrenders to God, the glory within them remains hidden. The doors God intends to open may remain closed. The audience they are called to may not yet see the light they carry.


Waiting prepares the vessel for visible glory.


Those who wait completely for God do not scheme for rescue. They do not manipulate outcomes. Their eyes are not fixed on men but on God alone.


And Scripture consistently reveals this truth: God does not abandon the one whose heart is fully trusted in Him.


He will come.

He will save.

He will deliver abundantly.



A Call to Complete Surrender


Until trust is complete, surrender is incomplete.

Until surrender is complete, glory remains concealed.


The question is not whether God will act. The question is whether we will wait.


Will we remain faithful when heaven seems silent?

Will we obey when obedience feels risky?

Will we trust when the outcome is uncertain?


Complete surrender unlocks visible glory.

Complete trust invites divine intervention.

Complete waiting reveals the power of God.


May we become a people who wait—fully, faithfully, and fearlessly—until He comes and shows us what to do.


Samson Adelanke 

samsonadelanke@gmail.com 

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