FAITH CAPSULE: Like Joseph, did He send you without you knowing?

Genesis 41

When God calls to send you, self-control shall be out of your control. 
When He called Joseph, he became a slave; he could no longer move at his own will or control. 
He came under obedience to authority he could not control. 
When He calls, one will enter a position to learn the kind of obedience that adds humility. 
Jesus, our Lord, the Savior of all, learned obedience through the things He suffered for. (Hebrews 5:8)
When He sends you, there will be the experience of chain, pain, and iron that restricts movement of the called. 
When He sends you, there is no control over time and timing in your journey. 
The time to journey through and get to the center of divine assignment is in the hands of God. 
It does not matter how long it takes but know that nothing interferes with His timing. 
The word points out that until the time of God came to pass for Joseph, there was no way out for Joseph. 
Joseph began the journey at age 17 (Genesis 37:2) but completed it at age 30 (Genesis 41:42)
When one is answering to the calling of God, one becomes timeless. The attempt of Joseph to come out before the timing of God was a failure. Joseph attempted to come out when he pleaded to the butler (whom he interpreted as his dream) to remember Him for help. 
Butler failed Joseph, his expectation until the appointed time of God. (Genesis 40:12-15) 
All that represents failure, delay, mockery, stagnation, embarrassment, to be ridiculed and lied against are passages in the life journey to arrive at the center of divine assignment. 
Those passages are also testimonies that enhance assignments in life. 
In the calling of Joseph, the Bible repeatedly identified the source of empowerment for Joseph, stating, “But the Lord was Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave favor” (Genesis 39:210)
Just like Joseph, have you been called and sent by God without knowing you are on the journey to the center of your divine assignment? 
God is ever faithful to back the called ones up in their journey. 
Test which comes along in the journey to the center of the divine assignment will give birth to a glorious testimony in the life of ones that faithfully remain faithful by looking up and trusting God for direction in their journey. 
Joseph did not know what was transpiring from the start of his journey. As much as he was a man who dreamed or interpreted dreams, there was no iota of understanding or idea of where he was going and how to get there. 
Noting testified that he rebelled or complained against God throughout his journey. 
Joseph kept his pace with peace for him could not cease, and he arrived at his center of divine assignment. 

Prayer for today: Ask that you will not walk where you need to run and not run where you need to walk.

FAITH CAPSULE: He will never leave you broken if you answered His calling.

Genesis 37

When God calls to send one, one becomes a candidate for His blessing.
Did God call you, and you know?
The calling of God the life of one will break the called at the initial stage but will no doubt turn to blessing when obedience is in place.
The ones He breaks shall experience the blessing of God.
His breaking comes along with a blessing. (Jesus broke and blessed the bread of life) He will never leave you broken if you answer faithfully. 
The calling of God comes with help if the called does not look away from His help.
The calling of God does not come without challenges (challenges that are enough to cause the called one to crumble come along with the calling) 
With challenges, there is a promise to see the called one through in His calling. 
The word of God promises in 1 Thessalonian 5:24, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” 
When God calls you, He will set you up to arrive at the center of your divine assignment if you focus on His faithfulness. 
When God calls, there is no prior arrangement or announcement before calling; there is no baggage to hinder or slow down the move. 
Above all, in His calling, breaking comes before blessing. 
Joseph, in his calling, was broken before his blessing.
Joseph was answering to the calling upon his life without hesitation. 
At age 17, Joseph answered the errand when he entered the path to his center of divine
assignment. 
Jacob spoke to Joseph, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.” (Genesis 37:14) 
From the moment Joseph went answering his father, he wandered into the journey of his life without prior preparation or idea of what he was getting into.
The book of Psalm 105:17-22 sheds light on the truth that the journey of Joseph was an answer to God, the plan and purpose without his knowing. Joseph had no preparation that took him into his journey. The Bible states, “He sent a man before them—Joseph—who was sold as a slave. They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons. Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him. The king sent and released him, the ruler of the people let him go free. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions, to bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.”
God is perfect to back up the called one that answers. 
Have you been called without you knowing? 
Your calling shall come, and God shall back you up.

Prayer for today: Ask God to cause you to rise, and you shall have a change of position that glorifies God over your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: God for salvation is not manipulable and cannot become controllable by anyone.  

1 Kings 19

God cannot become rushed out of His plan of salvation.
Are you one that runs before asking God if to run or not to run? 
Whenever challenges come like a flood, it does not matter if you are in the Lord, but it matters to wait in trusting God. 
Elijah executed the prophets of Baal at Brook Kishon.
After the execution, Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab, threatened to do the same (kill) Prophet Elijah. 
Elijah did not receive the news well but responded by running without seeking God. 
1 Kings 19:4 records, “But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die…”  
A believer in God, when faced with challenges, such a believer should dress up in faith and avoid hasty decisions. 
Waiting on God does not lead to wasting away. 
The Bible encourages us about waiting in Isaiah 40:31, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run.” 
Also, waiting on God is trusting and having hope for God. 
Trust and hope in God are to have taken a position under a shield that never fails. 
Proverbs 30:5 says, “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.” 
God responded to the running of Elijah with a command stating, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD…” (1 Kings 19:11)
The command for Elijah to stand is waiting for God to show up. 
Are you experiencing a similar situation where you have taken to running, where walking is the solution for your stability? 
While Elijah was standing on the mountain waiting for God, “…the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire, and after the fire a still small voice.” (1 Kings 19:11) 
Trusting and having hope in God does not intimidate God to respond out of His timing. 
Trusting God is equal to waiting till He answers, regardless of the magnitude of the challenge before one waits. 
God will not rush out of His salvation plan. 
God did not show up in the great and strong wind, neither did He show up in the earthquake or fire. 
The timing of God for salvation is not manipulable and cannot become controllable by anyone. 
The time of the year is not too late to act out, not trusting to wait on God to experience manifestation. 
Do not worry, but give yourself to worshiping God. 
Caring for God will raise you above and beyond your expectations.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you in His righteousness.

FAITH CAPSULE: Know to serve God not in your way.

1kings 12

Elevation to a leadership position is not with authorization to eliminate the people.
Know that every position of leadership is not to stress out the people but to lead by serving the people first. 
Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, made it clear by example and in His word when He said, “And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:27-28) 
Inside or outside of gathering as the church, your elevation to a leadership position is not an authorization to stress the people but to serve the people. 
Rehoboam became elevated in his mind when he became king after his father, King Solomon. 
He was approached by the whole assembly of Israel saying, “Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.” (1 Kings 12:4) 
With wisdom, Rehoboam responded when he asked the assembly of Israel to come back in three days. 
It is always wise to delay responding to a request when short of an answer. 
Rehoboam did well by going on to inquire rather than responding with a negative response that could affect his position of leading the people. Rehoboam consulted the elders, “And they spoke to him, saying, ‘If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.’”(1 Kings 12:7) 
Have you been promoted to a higher position to serve and become served for a better result? 
It is better to learn from the word of God how to be a server before being served as one who is leading. 
Rehoboam did not receive the advice of the elders well when he turned to consult the young men who grew with him. 
Rehoboam received wrong advice stating, “…speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist! 11 And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’” (1Kings 12:10-11) Rehoboam rejected the advice from the elders to give himself to the advice of the young one. 
The response of Rehoboam was a fall from when he started his reign through to the end of his reign. 
If you will lead by Jesus’ example and not take the route of Rehoboam, it shall be well with you. 

Prayer for today: Ask for the understanding to serve God by His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: Engaging any act rooted in the heart that is wrong before God is an error.

2 Samuel 6

Doing what is good wrongly in the name of God is an error.
Error is a deviation from accuracy, a mistake, as in action or speech. 
Error is the condition of believing what is wrong. 
Error is a moral offense, wrongdoing, or sin. 
It is an error to violate the word of God, and it can be a conscious or unconscious error before God. 
Error is despising the word of God. 
Proverbs 13:13 records, “He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.”  
Have you violated or in the process of violating the word of God? 
Before God, there is no excuse for error. 
Before God, Adam and Eve committed an error by believing the serpent enough to eat against the command of God not to eat from a particular tree in the Garden of Eden. 
They both violated the word of God by their error (a wrongdoing). 
When God showed up (just as He will show up on all ), Adam and Eve attempted to justify their action before God by stating, “Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:12-13) 
Their excuses engaged by Adam and Eve were not enough before God to avoid the consequences of sin. 
The error committed by Adam and Eve exposes all to numerous pains today.
Doing what is good wrongly (the heart with a wrong act) in the name of God is an error with no reasonable excuse for deliverance from destruction. 
Uzzah engaged his heart with a good act that led to his destruction.
During the transfer of the Ark of God from the house of Abinadab, Uzzah, and Ahio drove the cart. 
While driving the ark, Uzzah, out of a good heart, committed an act for his life-terminating error. 
Genesis 6:6-7 records the error of Uzzah, “And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and he died there by the ark of God.’ 
The bible called the act of Uzzah a good heart committed an error. 
Uzzah despised the word of God.
Numbers 4:15 states, “And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.” 
Despising the word of God is positioning the self for destruction. 

Prayer point: Ask for the mercy of God to enable your eyes to open to avoid or come out of conscious or unconscious error.