FAITH CAPSULE: Delay will prompt discouragement.

Exodus32

The wisdom and knowledge in the word of God will grant stability to one that gives self to the word of God.
Isaiah 33:6 confirms, “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times And the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.”
Fear God and delay shall have no place to derail one.
Delay is when the expectation is late or postponed.
Delay can be painful and not be a fun time to endure.
Are you experiencing a delay in any area of life?
Delay can be discouraging with a lack of manifestation.
As a believer, understand that a delay is not a denial. 
When Moses delayed his return from the mountain, the Israelites requested another leader to replace Moses.
Before Aaron, the Israelites said, “…make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” (Exodus32:1) 
Before God, is your expectation experiencing delay?
The Israelites could not wait on God to experience the manifestation of expectation.
In the word of God, understand and know that waiting on God will not be wasted.
The word of God testifies the character of God towards one that waits on Him. 
Isaiah 64:4 records, “For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.”
Delay, Deny, and doubt can be persistent in life to prompt discouragement in waiting for God.
Be encouraged, and God will not fail you when waiting on Him.
Meditate on the testimony of David as Psalm 40:1-3 states, “I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear and will trust in the Lord.”
God is not a partial God, and He will give to your word of meditation.
Remind God concerning the works of His hand, ignore delay but be encouraged. 
Do not be anxious in your waiting on God.
Your delay will turn unto deliverance if you trust and wait in the name of Jesus. 
The Bible declares in Philippians 4:6-7, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”  
A state of the world will generate concern but give yourself to the word of God.
Take all to God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, and the peace of God will take over you. 
Deny delay; declare all His goodness and His mercy that never expire. 
From today, have faith God will not deny you!

Prayer for today: Ask that the spirit of discouragement will not have a place in you.

FAITH CAPSULE: God knows all about all.

Matthew 7

What kind of man are you before God also questions what kind of a believer you are?  
Psalm 1:1-2 records the kind a man should be, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful, But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:1-2)
Does the psalmist speak to you?
God alone sees all.
The world is receivable.
God is not a God to be deceived by no one.
A man cannot be so innocent or ignorant about the kind of self in the way of living life.
Are you the kind of man that is carrying a placard, claiming that Jesus is Lord but does not have a place for Jesus as such live life?
God knows all about all.
Jesus states in Matthew 7:22-23, “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?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”  
Getting work done in His name for His name without walking in His ways will get no one to be recognized by Jesus when it matters the most.
What kind of man are you before God; what kind of a believer are you?
Today, question and answer yourself to identify the kind of believer you are before God. 
Mark 8:27 records the question of Jesus for His disciples, “who do men say that I am” The question speaks to all.
Does your life reflect Christ? 
Are you a bible that people can read? 
Is the word of God rooted in you? 
It is possible for a man to become decorated before the world but naked and empty before God. 
Answering the title before God does not matter, but the task counts. 
In life, your walk, where you sit, and what you stand will answer the question about what kind of a believer you are before God.
Do to yourself what the psalmist did to self as stated in Psalm 26:1-4, “Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth. I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.”
The kind of life that everyone lives before God will count to gain the attention of God. It is the walk we walk that will identify us before God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to walk before God for His glory.

FAITH CAPSULE: God knows all, and His calling for all belongs to Him.

Genesis 37

Until one is stripped off of this world, to become decorated by the living word of God for declaring the awesomeness of God will not be possible. Are you available for the calling of God? 
One that is called by God and set for the calling of God will live life for the glory of God. 
When God calls a one with no idea of the calling of God shall not escape the experience of challenges, but the deliverance of God shall not fail.
Psalm 34:19 encourages, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.” 
Have you been called?
Are you on a journey with no idea of the destination?
Joseph had a colorful life because his father (Jacob) loved him more than his brothers. 
Jacob, the father of Joseph, testified his love for Joseph in Genesis 37:3, “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age. Also, he made him a tunic of many colors.”
Are you experiencing a colorful life with no expectation of a calling that can relocate you from your colorful life but yet not able to terminate your deliverance to the glory of God? 
Genesis 37:23 records the stripping of Joseph unexpectedly. “So it came to pass when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. (Genesis 37:23)
God knows all, and His calling for all belongs to Him.
Ask for the hand of God to be established upon your life to live life for His glory.
When God calls to send one, self-control shall be out of the control of one.
When God called Joseph, he could no longer move at his own will or self-control.
Joseph came under authority that he could not control. 
Calling of God will lead called into an unknown route where learning is waiting for called one to know and become obedient to God. 
Jesus learned obedience by the things He suffered.
When God calls to send you, there will be the experience of an uncomfortable chain, pain, and iron that restricts movement. 
When He sends you, input from you to control time and timing in your journey belongs to God.
The journey to get to the divine assignment is in the hand of God. 
Just like Joseph, are you on a journey with no idea where you are going?
As an acclaimed believer, remain focused, knowing that the same God that saw Joseph through to his divine assignment will also see you through without falling off.
Has He called you, or did you call yourself?
The majority are called by man but not by God.
Make yourself for the calling of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:24 encourages, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”

Prayer for today: Ask God for the strength to answer His calling.

FAITH CAPSULE: One that does not know God is not possible to fear God.

Psalm 139

Fear God to obey Him. 
Obedience is serving God. 
Serving God is not the evidence of attending church, being a church member for years, or making a church building house. 
Serve God with fear! 
Psalm 2:11 said it all, “Serve the Lord with fear…”
Serving God right is evidence of being righteous before God. 
Also, serving God wrong is evidence of being wicked before God. 
God knows the ones that serve Him or not because He sees all by way of living life. 
What kind of a believer are you?
How are you serving God? 
Are you serving God right or wrongly?
David, a man after the heart of God, searches his service before God to re-address himself for doing what is right before God. 
Psalm 77:6 records, “I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, and my spirit makes diligent search.”
Psalm 139:1, “O Lord, You have searched me and known me.”
Psalm 139:23, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties.”
The word of God demands from all to be righteous before Him, doing right at all times. 
Also, all should restrain from serving God wrongly the character of the wicked.
Isaiah 3:10-11 records the mind of God as regards how individuals serve God.
“Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.”
Serve God right to reap the fruit serving God right.
What kind of a believer are you?
Who are you before God? 
How are you serving God?
Are you righteous or wicked? 
Interestingly, a simple answer that will settle all as regards how one is serving God is not hidden but in the word of God.
The book of Jeremiah 12:1-2 recorded, “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.”
One that is wicked cannot possibly be righteous before God.
The wicked ones are quick to quote the word of God, but the word of God is far from the mind with no fear of God. 
One with the mind of God answers as righteous ones with the fear of God.
Fear God by knowing His word to live by His word.
One that does not know God is not possible to fear God.
Know God to fear Him and live a life pleasing Him.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will serve Him right to be righteous before Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: Are you too quiet not to be victorious?  

John 11:1-44

Unfailing consistent prayer that is quiet or loud crying before God will provoke an answer. 
Let your crying be rooted in understanding that you are crying to God, not to a man. 
Crying out loud or crying inside quietly is not hidden before God. 
With understanding, know to cry in prayer to God alone.
One with a schedule of prayer without failure before God is the evidence of crying out to God alone. 
Unfailing consistent prayer quietly or loudly is loud crying before God. Without a doubt, crying out will always get the attention of God.
God is not a deaf God because He hears. 
The question in the word of Psalm 94:9 points out the truth that God hears as stated: “He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?”  
In your challenges, are you crying out to God or crying out to a man? 
The Psalmist encourages that crying will get the attention of God.
Psalm 18:6 records, “In my distress, I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears.”
One praying consistently to God is crying out for the attention of God that disregards crying out to Him.
Psalm 39:12 buttresses, “Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.” 
Is your crying consistent and loud enough to get the attention of God?
Are you too quiet not to be victorious? 
The word encourages all to open their mouth loud. 
Psalm 81:10 states, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.”  
Crying out loud is not evidence of weakness it is a demonstration of trust and hope with the understanding of God in His word. 
The understanding of King David in the word of God is the mark of crying out to God consistently not to fail for the attention of God.
Psalm 55:16-17 buttresses, “As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.”  
The testimony of David is evidence of his reason to get the attention of heaven. 
Praying, the calling out to God all day, will get the attention of God.
Is it your custom to be calling on God in the evening hour, morning hour, and noon? 
Those who make calls on God as their way of life do so regardless of their challenge. 
Does that sound like you? 
To cry out when the need calls for will provoke heaven on behalf of those with understanding to
be praying, crying out to God. 
Do not be quiet in your seeking God. 

Prayer for today: Ask for the strength to seek God more than ever in your life.