FAITH CAPSULE: God alone brought you this far.

Exodus 15

Complaining will result in complications.
God is worthy of all praise and adoration for years past and the privilege of life. 
The Lord God is good and remains consistent despite the inconsistency of the majority not living by His word.
God alone has brought all this far in life and will also take one further. 
It is worthy to take time out and count blessings and see if there will be enough places to record the blessings of God. 
God alone brought you this far and will take you further if you know to leave complaints outside your life journey.
Complaining will result in complications.
Where there is complication, confusion, and termination reigns. 
Engaging in complaining is evidence of worrying. 
Are you worried?
Jesus encourages all in His word, “…do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” (Matthew 6:25-27)
God is a perfect God.
God will supply all your needs as you proceed in your life journey. 
The children of Israel came out of bondage of over four hundred years in Egypt and entered a journey to the Promised Land. 
During their journey, “… they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore, the name of it was called Marah” (Exodus 15:23) 
Have you got to the representative of your Marah in your life journey?  
Marah is a ground where it is better not to complain during any experience of lack in life journey. 
For the children of Israel, it was a place where complaining opened the door unto temptation. 
If you are not at a Marah ground in the journey of your life, in the course of your life journey, you will surely get there at the appointed time by disregarding complaining.
The children could not hold against complaining. 
On their journey to the Promised Land, when there was no water. 
Exodus 15:24-25 records, “And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 
God deserves to be praised for His goodness at all times because what He cannot do is He cannot fail.
He has brought you this far and will see you through. 
The Israelites who complained did not know that Elim was not far.
Elim was where they saw twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there by the waters. (Exodus 15:27) 
Focus on God; do not be discouraged at your Marah because your Elim (your ground of abundance) is not far from where you are. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled not to fall for complaint in your life journey. 

FAITH CAPSULE: Delay can lead to discouragement and cause destruction.

Exodus 32

A delay in expectation from praying is not evidence that God does not answer.
Failure to ignore delay will lead to distraction and doubt before God.
Exodus 32:1 records the distraction of the Israelites: “Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us…”
Delay is not to substitute God, to seek outside of God.
Making a substitute for God is rooted in anxiousness.
Do not be anxious(the state of being greatly worried) because of fear.
Philippians 4:6 encourages, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests made known to God.”
PRAYER
Delay is not a denial but a force that causes distraction, doubt, and failure of not look up to God.
Pray that the spirit of distraction and doubt shall not have a place in your life. 
Ask that you will not be a victim of anxiousness (worrying for fear) but a vessel occupied by the fear of God. 
ALL SHOULD SEE IN THE WORD OF GOD
This New Year should be with a desire to always see in the word of God.
See in the word of God.
Numbers 27:12 records, “Now the Lord said to Moses: “Go up into this Mount Abarim, and SEE the land which I have given to the children of Israel.”
When God COMMANDS TO SEE, is to activate peace to arrive at what you see in His word.
Always see in the word of God as it sounds in your direction to claim the promise seen in His word.
It is a desire to become consciously set to see in His word.
Repeatedly, the word of God calls all to see in His word.
In life, always listen to see in the word of God. 
What you see, you believe to receive to become yours.
In the word of God, there is healing and deliverance. (Psalm 107:20)
See to receive your healing and deliverance to become preserved to the glory of God.
It is worthy to ask for seeing in the word of God.
God spoke to Jonah, but he failed because he did not see what the Lord said, so he entered a track of destruction, going against the word of God.
Jonah 1:1-3, “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”
PRAYER
Ask God to enable you to see in His word as it sounds in your direction.
Ask for the word of God to become established in you for direction, healing, and preservation.

FAITH CAPSULE: With understanding, pray the word of God.

In the parable of the wheat and tares, Jesus said, “The kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in His field, but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.” (Matthew 13:24-25)
How are you sleeping in this wicked world?
Wicked is identified by the word of God in Jeremiah 12:1-2 stating, “Righteous are You, O Lord when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them yes they have taken root; They grow, yes they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind.”
The wicked is very conversant in the word of God, but the heart is far from God, deep in the world.
How are you sleeping physically and spiritually?
Sleeping consciously or unconsciously can happen all.
Jesus was praying at the garden when His disciples were around Him but they all went to sleep. 
In Matthew 26:45, Jesus woke them by saying, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.”
How are you sleeping physically and spiritually?
Sleeping in the place of praying is walking awake with evil.
Sleeping in the place of watching is opening for the evil to occupy.
In the parable of the wheat and tares, Jesus, “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.”
PRAYER
Ask that wherever you are sleeping, consciously or unconsciously, for the enemy to occupy your life shall permanently cease not to be your potion anymore.
ABOUT GROWTH
Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, what or how is your growth?
Are you growing in the things of this world but growing in the calling of God over your life?
Stagnation is not of God but growing to the glory of God that counts to the glory of God.
Growth in the things of God is crucial not to miss at the time of judgment.
Whoever is around you, growing together with you, demands you to be vigilant and prayerfully not to become derailed.
In the parable of the wheat and tares, Jesus states, “Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” (Matthew 13:30) 
In the parable of wheat and tares, Jesus mentioned the issue of growth, the evidence that some Wasted growth while some are worthy of growth.
One that grows wasted is like one to become burnt, while the worth of growth is like wheat going to His barn.
PRAYER
Ask God to enable you so that you will continually grow in Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: One who answers the calling will experience the help of God.

Genesis 12

When God sends one, He will back one up. 
To get going in the life journey, answering the calling of God demands to arise from your comfort zone and get into the avenue of commitment. Coming out of your comfort zone can be painful, but the end of it is always gainful. 
Rising and answering to the calling of God is rooted in obedience to the glory of God.
Without a warning signal as to how answering to the calling of God will become, one who answers will experience challenges.
God called Abram out of his comfort zone from among family that he knows and understands well. 
God called Abraham out of his country.
Genesis 12:1 records, “Now the LORD had said to Abram; ‘Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house to a land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.’” 
For Abram to access the blessings of God, he must accept the calling that moved him from his comfort zone.
Obedience, not partial to the direction of God, will get one to arrive at the promise of God.
Moses disobeyed the direction of God and could not step on the Promised Land.
For Joshua to lead the children of Israel and to step on the Promised Land, he obeyed to rise and cross the Jordan. 
Joshua 1:2, “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land which I am giving to them children of Israel.” 
Whatever God promised is a done deal.
Anyone who refuses to answer the calling of God is the evidence of not coming out of their comfort zone.
Anyone who refuses is not going to assess the blessing of obedience.
There was a need for Abram to get out before entering into the promise of God, the experience to assess the blessings of God. 
Similarly, there was a need for Joshua to arise and go for the manifestation of the promise of God.
What ties and grounds you from arising and getting into His calling for your life? 
God has a plan and purpose for all His creation.
When God sends one, He will back one.
Before Joshua answered the calling, God had already completed the mission on behalf of Joshua. 
Joshua 1:3, “Every place that the sole of your feet will tread upon I have given you as I said to Moses.” 
What else do you need before you can answer His call? 
If He has called you, get out, arise, and go. 
1 Thessalonians 5:24 assures all, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” 
One who answers the calling will experience the help of God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to hear and answer to see and move in response to all His calling.

FAITH CAPSULE: When orderliness fails, all that pertains to life is bound to fail. 

2 Kings 20

God is a God of order, and His children should maintain order in every area of life.
All should gain and retain order, not to become disarray.
The order should be in physical, spiritual, and emotional engagement.
Order demands discipline to maintain consistency.
Spiritual engagement demands physical being in order.
Leviticus 6:12 is evidence of physical order to maintain spiritual assignment, “And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it, and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.”
The children of Israel could not engage in their journey to the Promised Land without engaging in order.
The Israelites started their journey according to the command of the Lord through Moses. The Bible testifies to orderliness in their journey stating, “Thus was the order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they began their journey.” (Numbers 10:28) 
Without a doubt, orderliness is among the character of God. 
As a child of the Most High God, created in His image, are you engaging life in an orderly manner?
After King Ahaz, Hezekiah came to power and did what was right before his God. 
Hezekiah cleansed the temple and restored service the way it should be. The Bible testified of Hezekiah, “So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.” (2 Chronicles 29:35) 
With orderliness restored, joy and peace in life returned to the land. 
Setting things in order often results in joy and peace. 
One with the order should maintain order, not fail before God.
Hezekiah started his reign great, and 2 Chronicles 29:2 records, “…he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.”  
However, in the later part of his reign, he fell sick, and it was a sickness unto death. It is written, “In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, ‘thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.’” (2 Kings 20:1) 
The house of Hezekiah was not in order, and he resulted in untimely death. 
God is a God of order, and His children should maintain order in every area of life. 
Hezekiah turned back to God and humbled himself, and God returned to restore him to life. 
Whatever belongs to you, taken away, could be the lack of orderliness. 
Are you taking your Christian journey in a disorderly manner? 
Allow the Spirit of God to lead, and do not attempt to lead the Spirit of God. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from the spirit that causes disorder in life.