FAITH CAPSULE: Why not have a mind for God?

Psalm 8

 Have the desire to be mindful of God.
Many claim to be believers but are not true; they do not know that a believer is one with a mind for God.
Do you have a mind for God that is after the heart of God?
Are you heedful or attentive to God as a way of living life?
Yes or no, are you?
Before answering as a believer, think and search yourself to see if you are mindful of God.
Without having the mind of God, one cannot answer as a believer.
All are blinded in mind, not knowing that the majority of minds are blinded.  2Corinthians 4:4 points out, “whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.”
The majority are not mindful of God but empty of God. 
To be empty of God is to be occupied by the world.
Are you mindful of the word of God (God) or mindful of the world?
God is mindful of anyone who opens up for the entrance of God.
God testifies to David in 1 Samuel 13:14 that David is a man after His own heart, “…The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart…”
God continually looks for one who is mindful of Him.
David, a man after the mind of God, knows to ask God why God is mindful of man inPsalm 8:4, “What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? “
To have a mind of God is not by determination but by desire. Know to ask that God will enable you by depositing in you His word to be mindful of Him. 
Hebrews 8:10-12 states, “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” God wants all to be mindful of Him. 
Have the desire to be mindful of God.
Let prayer not cease; ask to be enabled.
PRAYER:
Ask that God will put His word (law) in your mind, as He promised the Israelites, and stamp it on your heart to live life as His own in all the days of life He has given you.
Ask that the mind of God shall put you in a position of having His mercy continually in the life journey, so that your unrighteousness and sins shall not be remembered before Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: A believer should be living by the Word.

John 8

One who answers as a believer should know what it means to be a believer.
A believer should be living by the Word.
One who is not living by the Word of God shall be living by the world.
Do you know how to live by the Word of God?
Many know about God, but how many know Him?
Many claim to be a believer but do not walk in the way of God.
Be one who lives by the Word of God to walk in the light of God.
Jesus speaks to all in John 8:12, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
It is not possible to follow God without knowing Him.
In John 8:14, Jesus testifies, “…I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from and where I am going.”
Jesus points out that one who does not know God will not know Him. (John 8:19)
One who does not know Jesus will not follow Him and will not abide in Him. Jesus also said that those who do not believe Him will die in sin. (John 8:24)
John 8:31-32 records Jesus: “If you abide in My Word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
To know Him is to believe in Him, know Him to abide in Him, and be free indeed. 
To follow Jesus is to abide in Him; the evidence of believing in Him.
The world of wickedness does not like the truth.
In John 8:45, Jesus said, “But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.”
The Word of God is the truth. Hearing the truth will lead you to abide, follow, believe, and do according to the Word of God.
John 8:47 records, “He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”
Without doubt, Jesus warns emphatically to all, “Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word, he shall never see death.”(John 8:51)
Be living by the Word of God, answering as a believer.
The Word of God identifies what becomes a believer of God in truth:
Mark 5:36 records the words of Jesus, “…Do not be afraid; only believe.” 
Mark 9:23: “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
Mark 11:24 records, “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”
John 3:15 records, “Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Many know about God, but how many know Him?
It is those who know God, not just those who know about Him, who stand to claim the Word of God as a believer.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will know how to live life as a believer in God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Are you conscious of wicked acts in you?

Psalm 73

Who are the wicked?
Jeremiah must be curious about the act of wickedness.
Jeremiah speaks before God, “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…” (Jeremiah 12:1-2) 
The wicked world.
Jeremiah does not know better than God.
Wickedness is before God, who sees all things.
Genesis 6:5 records, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
God creates all and knows all.
There is nothing hidden from God.
God is God and the only God who judges all at His appointed time.
God will not execute against the wicked speedily, but at His appointed time.
God sees that wickedness is continual.
Do you wonder why wickedness is continual?
Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 states, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.”
God alone is God and will not be intimidated to judge out of His appointed time. 
Are you walking in the word of God or walking in the wickedness of the world? 
What is your mind before God?
Are you living a life of a wicked one consciously or unconsciously?
God knows the wicked one whether one denies or accepts being one.
Jeremiah 17:9-10 states, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart; I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” 
Can you identify whether you are wicked or not wicked? 
Psalm 73 identifies some glaring wicked heart:  
Pride serves as their necklace.
Violence covers them like a garment.
Their eyes bulge with abundance.
They have more than a heart could wish.
They increase in riches.
They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression.
They speak loftily (arrogantly)
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Are you living outside of God?
It is wickedness to live outside of God.
Today, come out of wicked ways to avoid the sentence of God against evil work. 
Keep your heart diligently, so as not to become a wicked one before God.
The judgment of God does not sleep but is alive at His appointed time. 

Prayer for today: Ask that the fear of God become your way of life.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is the timing of God, not the clock adjusted by man, that will bring your calling to pass. 

Matthew 7

Today, the majority answers to a title in the name of God, but not of God.
Did God call you?
Many claim the calling of God but are not called by God.
Matthew 22:14  records, “So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
Different titles, such as pastors, prophets, and apostles, do have the belief that they are answering to God, not asking God.
Believers claim to worship God but not live by the word of God. 
Matthew 7:22-23 records the response of Jesus for all: “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!”  
Have you called yourself, or called by man?
Do not become a victim, as one counting or committing to man as the caller.
Commit yourself to God alone. 
Psalm 37:5 admonishes all, “Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.” 
It is the timing of God, not the clock adjusted by man, that will bring your calling to pass. 
Know that quoting or sleeping on the ground of religion does not count more than other ways of living for the glory of God.
Watch to God alone to identify His calling over your life.
Isaiah 40:31 speaks to all, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
If you do not get a call, do not run to answer calling.
Did God call you, and you know, but your world did not know?
In answering the calling of God, you do not owe an answer to no man, but ask for boldness and character over your life to answer the calling of God.
Answering of God is taking the way and the truth.(John 14:6) 
However, the truth is not acceptable in the wicked world because truth is bitter. (Luke 4:24)
In your calling, prayerfully do not answer as Judas Iscariot answered to the calling of God, and later turned to deceive.
Judas numbered, and obtained a part in the ministry with the eleven apostles, but was not counted.
Just like Judas, many are numbered but not answered when it comes to being counted.
Know to answer fully to God; ignore the forces that seek to discourage your calling, to delay and deny your arrival at the center of divine assignment.
With the assurance of your calling by God, not of man, remain focused on the promise of God that will see you through your calling, as 1 Thessalonians 5:24 records, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” 

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to live life to the glory of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Disallow multitude as a company in all endeavours of yours.

Numbers 14

Engaging a multitude when answering to God or on life’s journey is a signal not to arrive.
In the calling of the Israelites to the promise of God, they could not answer without journeying with a multitude.
The Israelites could not claim the promise of God as they failed to disengage the mixed multitude from their journey to the Promised Land. 
Exodus 12:37-38 records: “Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. A mixed multitude went up with them…”  
For the Israelites, a mixed-up multitude is an unholy mix-up. 
At the departure of the Israelites from bondage to the Promised Land, they could not disengage the mixed multitude.
As they progressed on the journey, the effect of the mixed multitude caused trouble for the Israelites.
The Bible records in Numbers 11:4-6, “Now the mixed multitudes who were among them yielded to intense craving; so, the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat? We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”  
The Israelites’ complaining before God was the complaint of the mixed multitude. 
God responds to the complaint of the Israelites, “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.” (Numbers 14:27-30)
Interestingly, Pharaoh and his chariots could not deny the breakthrough of over four hundred years of the Israelites in Egypt, but the mixed multitude denied them.
The Red Sea failed to hold back the Israelites from breaking forth, but the complaint of the mixed multitude prompted termination from reaching the Promised Land. 
Is there any mixed multitude with you as your company?
Here are some warning signals that a mixed multitude is your company as you journey:
Mixed multitude will keep reminding you of the past when you need to focus on where the Lord is taking you. They will cause you to crave in the place of need.
Mixed multitude will cave into complaining instead of complimenting God.
Mixed multitude will cause one to worry in the place of worship.
Consciously or unconsciously, who is the mixed multitude of your life journey?

Prayer for today: Pray that you will live life to the glory of God.