FAITH CAPSULE: God is not a careless talker.

Numbers 32 

Giving regard to God is the way to seek God as a way of life.
Why not give life to the glory, honour, and power to God?
The will of God is to live life for Him.
The word of God is not meant to return void, but man void His word not live by His word.
For example, when God gives a promise, He adds a condition.
Without engaging, the condition will deny the promise.
In the promise of God, a condition to claim has to be met.
God told the children of Israel to take them to the Promised Land.
It was a promise because what God says is a done deal.
The condition for the Israelites to claim the promise is to live for God in the journey to the Promised Land.
The Children of the Israelites failed to commit to the word of God.
Quoting the word of God without living shall lead to failure.
Commitment to the word of God is not in memorizing the word of God, but to meditate day and night and be able to do according to the word of God.
In the journey of life, not being committed will not claim the promise.
Claiming to be a believer without commitment to the word of God is having a religion with no relationship with God.
The children of Gad and Reuben disobeyed God to settle outside of the word of God for their own convenience. Numbers 32:1-7 documents the disobedient of the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, “Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock, the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon, the country which the LORD defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” Therefore, they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.” And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here? Now, why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?” 
God promised the land that flows with milk and honey, but the children of Gad and the children of Reuben could not commit to the promise of God, but set out for livestock (milk provision).
In the journey of life, be committed to God to avoid destruction.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to live by the word of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: What is keeps you away from the word of God?

John 1:1-34

The word of God is in place for all who will give themselves to the word of God.
In the word of God, there is direction, deliverance, and preservation.
One with an understanding of the word of God is bound to gain a knowing edge in all life journeys.
To gain understanding is to hear and hear repeatedly, to observe the word of God.
One who hears the word of God consistently, meditating on the word of God, shall be able to see in the word of God. will meditate on the word of God.
Joshua 1:8 informs all, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you[c] shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”
What one sees in the word is what one receives, to become such.
Get an unfailing answer, solution to the challenges of life.
Also, one without knowledge and understanding will not recognize the hour for deliverance in the word of God.
Jesus identifies a lack of understanding as the root of failure in all areas of life.
Jesus expresses in John 8:43, “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.”
A listening disability denies understanding, leaving no place for a knowing edge in the challenges of life.
Make it a way of life to spend time on the word of God to gain understanding and knowledge, having an edge in the journey of life.
When there is a lack of knowledge and understanding in the Word of God, failure in the walk of life becomes inevitable. 
Jesus is the wisdom, the Word of God, the instruction for all. 1Corinthians 1:30 communicates to all,“But of Him, you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God…”
Give yourself wisdom from God!
Know and remember that the word of God heals and delivers from destruction (Psalms 107:20). 
The Word of God gives life abundantly to one who will receive and believe in the Word of God. 
Do not have the ability to understand God in His Living Word due to worldly living and unending chores, some of which include being busy and having no time to study the Word of God.
Spending engaging world activities ahead of the activities to the glory of God.
Taking a stand against the truth of God.
Giving time to the foolishness of the world.
With understanding, give life to giving regard to God.
Understanding the word of God is to gain and retain the presence of God.
Many pages of the Bible testify that the way of God is the word of God.
Having an understanding and knowledge of the Word of God is also the source of the revelation from God to get a clear unfailing direction in the journey of life). 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled, keeping you in the word of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: To have a relationship with God is rooted in giving oneself to the word of God.

Proverbs 3

Build a personal relationship with God.
One that is built up by the word of God is bound to have a relationship with God.
Do you have the desire to be built by the word of God?
One built by the word of God will not become a victim of destruction.
The word of God identifies the need to be built, stating, “Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.” (Psalm 28:5 )
Give yourself to the word of God to build you.
Keep in mind, the word of God is God. (John1:1)
Jesus is the Word of God.
One who gives oneself to the word will have a relationship with the word of God.
One with a relationship with God will not fall off the track of life.
Relationship with God is rooted in faithfulness.
Faithfulness is to keep abiding in the presence of God. 
Are you full of the word of God, to walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; to serve Him and hold fast to Him?
Keep in mind that the word of God is a light for navigation in this wicked world. 
Personalize the word of God, and the wisdom and knowledge will give stability, so as not to become a victim of a wicked world.
Proverbs 3 records that when one keeps the word of God in the heart, such shall have the length of days and long life with peace.
Mercy and truth will not forsake such.
Having a relationship with God will enable one not to despise nor detest His correction.
Have the desire to live in a personal relationship to:
Keep the word of God as a way of life; to walk safely without stumbling; not be afraid of any terror nor trouble from the wicked ones.
A relationship with God will result in confidence in the Lord and not withdrawing from doing good when it is necessary. 
The relationship with God will keep one from devising evil in the wicked world.
The Word of God is His command, His law, which gives light, and without it, there is nothing anyone will do in safety. 
Proverbs 6:23 refers to the word of God as light and for teaching. 
Psalm 119:105 states that the word is a lamp for feet and a light on the path. 
Proverb 6:22 buttresses, “When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.” 
Let your desire be for a relationship with the word of God.
A relationship to enable navigating the wicked world.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will receive the word of God to live by His word. 

FAITH CAPSULE: The calling of God will come with challenges, but obedience to God will deliver you. 

Genesis 19:1-26

In your answer to the calling of God, be obedient to direction.
It is the will of God for all to exist for Him.
One who exists for God is bound to live by His calling assignment.
Is all you are doing answering the calling to live for God?
Are you answering with commitment?
The calling of God for you must be connected to God continually by dwelling and abiding in His direction, the only way to answer the calling of God in life fully.
God has a calling for all with different assignments in life. 
When God calls, the called can be broken at the initial answer to the calling.
However, with the fear of God, it is possible to answer the calling of God accordingly.
One who answers God accordingly is in a position to gain the blessing of God.
In the calling of God, with obedience to His direction, you will experience the backing of God unfailingly by not leaving you alone at His calling.
When God calls you, do not look away but keep looking forward without distraction.
At the calling of Lot and family from destruction at Sodom and Gomorrah, the wife looked away into self-destruction. (Genesis 19:26)
The calling of God will come with challenges, but obedience to God will deliver you. 
In your journey of life, have you been called out by God?
When God calls you, know to remember that, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”  (1 Thessalonians 5:24) 
When God calls you, do not allow doubt; do not be discouraged from answering the calling of God.
In your answer to God, discouragement will question you with negativity to redirect your calling wrongly. 
What is discouraging you from asnwering to the calling of God over your life?
When you engage the calling upon your life, do not commit yourself to anyone but God alone.
Jesus, in His assignment, did not commit to any man as John 2:24 records His testimony,“But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men.”
When God calls you, there will be no negotiation for your preference of how, who, or where, or when to answer God.
God is the Creator of all and sees before or beyond the journey in life.
God is the perfect caller who sees the journey of answering His calling.
The word of God that locates Jeremiah testifies that God knows all.
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you;
Before you were born, I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
God knows and has your calling in place for you to live life for Him.
Let your trust and hope in God be like the vehicle of transformation that will drive you to arrive without regret.
Do not be discouraged.
Psalm 34:19 encourages, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”

Prayer for today: Ask that distraction will not come between you, and your answering to the calling of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Be grown in the word of God to live for the glory of God.

Genesis 3

Be in construction mode for God.
To be constructed for God is a lifetime.
To build up for God is an ongoing process.
Growing is a non-stop process.
Among the characteristics that support growth is giving heart to God.
Worship Him by praising Him for His loving kindness and His truth.
All must be growing in God.
The word of God is the only source to grow before God.
Psalm 138:3 identified the word of God, “You have magnified Your word above all Your name.”
Why not give oneself to the builder, the word of God?
The apostle Paul admonishes all,“So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32)
Realising and giving oneself to be built up for God calls for responsibility.
Responsibility before God leads to a relationship with God. 
Responsibility to be living a righteous life before God will count as a believer, just like Abraham. 
James 2:23 records, “…Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.” 
Abraham lives a life of responsibility to have a relationship with God.
God gave Adam a word for his responsibility when He said, “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17)
Adam was not responsible by the word of God and could not be moved, but acted irresponsibly in conversation with Eve as she conversed with the serpent (devil). Genesis 3:1-3 records the conversation between the serpent and Eve,“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”  
A failure by Eve for not communicating the word of God with the serpent was an irresponsible conversation, a lack of responsibility that broke up the relationship of Adam and Eve with God.
God sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden.
Jesus demonstrated the responsibility of communicating the word of God to avoid the evil devices at all times.
Become built by the word of God to live by the word.
Responsibility before God demands living by the word of God in every way, not to become a victim of evil.

Prayer for today: Ask that God will enable you to grow and live by His word.