FAITH CAPSULE: See what the Word of God speaks to you to receive what you see, to become of you.

Joshua 6

In the Word of God, there is the direction that never fails. For example, Joshua needed to behold (see) the word of God to gain boldness and character for winning over Jericho. 
Jericho posed as an enemy, with an attempt to deny the advance of the Israelites to the Promised Land. Joshua 6:1-2 records the calling of Joshua to see (to behold) in the Word of God, “Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. And the Lord said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.”  
See what the Word of God speaks to you to receive what you see, to become of you.
Joshua moved by what he saw in the word of God with direction against the enemy (the challenge of the Jericho wall). The Bible record the result of seeing and action according to the Word of God: “The wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. And they utterly destroyed all.” (Joshua 6:20-21)  
Joshua listened; he was able to behold (to see) direction in the word of God as he gained boldness and character to become the winner over Jericho. 
Jacob was running away from his brother (Esau), and he needed boldness and charter to succeed in his journey. God responded to the need of Jacob when He commanded him to behold (see) in His word stating, “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” (Genesis 28:15) 
Always listen to see (behold) in the word of God, to obtain the boldness and character, having trust and hope in God.
To behold (see) in the Word of God, one shall replace fear with faith that is rooted in boldness and character gained in the Word of God.
In your way of life, engage the Word of God by listening with understanding and know that it gives life to the just ones. Habakkuk 2:4 buttresses, “…the just shall live by his faith.” By the word of God, live life as one with boldness and character. 
God magnifies His word above His name. (Psalm 138:2) 
The Word of God is worthy to deliver; His word is mighty and will preserve one that beholds the word of God.
Listen to the Word of God to see as sent for your healing and deliverance. Psalm 107:20 buttresses, “He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.” 
Do you listen to God?
Listen to see in the word of God, and gain boldness and character that makes one be a winner for the glory of God.
God is power; God that delivered Israelites is still in the business of deliverance and preservation if one will take a position that one sees (behold) God in His word.

Prayer for today:  Ask God to enable you to always see in His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: The word of God is a live wire.

Psalm 119:41-56

Live life by the word of God to be full of His presence. God is light (1John 1:5) and Psalm 119:130 records, “The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.” 
Give yourself to meditate on the word of God.
Meditate about the word of God:
FIRST
Acts 20:32 records, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up…” The word of God builds up obedient ones.
Noah received and believed the word of God to build an ark as his vehicle against a flood of destruction in a region that hardly rains. Genesis 6:22 testifies to the obedience of Noah, “Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.”
Do the word of God to build you up against the wickedness of the world. Ask for the word of God to be established in you.
SECOND Responsibility is the price for greatness, the life of commitment to the word of God.
One with a commitment to the word of God will have the word of God in the heart, not just in the mouth.
Seek God with all heart, with all soul, with all strength.  Deuteronomy 4:29 records the consequence for seeking God, “…you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” 
Responsibility of commitment to the word God will not be discouraged by the surrounding world not to seek God diligently to find God.
Prayerfully be committed to His word.
THIRD Psalm 107:20 records, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”  Prayerfully engage Jeremiah 23:29 as it records the assurance of God for all, “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” Ask that whatever it is, that is not of God, clouding your destiny, as a garment to burn off by the fire of the word of God.
Ask that whatever is set in place as a hindrance against your life, that you know and not know, be broken by the hammer nature of the word of God. 
FOURTH One that is full of this WORLD cannot be hungry for the word of God. It is possible to fast from food, but fasting from the word of God will lead one far from God to become a victim of the wicked world. Feed on the word of God to build you up. 
Apostle Paul admonishes, “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)

Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you to give yourself to His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do you have trust but not hope?

Numbers 13

During the wilderness journey, the children of Israel could not trust and have hope to see in the word of God to take them to the Promised Land. 
They trust God to bring them out of the bondage of over four hundred years but had no hope to arrive at the plans and promise of God.
At the time to enter Canaan, God spoke to Moses to send men to spy out to the land of Canaan. (Numbers 13)
Moses sent out spies to the land of Canaan. 
The spies returned with a report stating: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Nevertheless, the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.” (Numbers 13:27-29)
The spies reported with trust, mentioning the goodness of the land.
However, the report was without hope because of the fear of the people of the land. Numbers 13:31-33 states, “But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants), and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” 
The report of the spy lacks trust and hope in the deliverance of God.
Through the Bible, learn, know to trust, and have hope in God for His deliverance.
The lack of trust and hope of the Israelites prompted fear that is not acceptable before God. 
Except for Joshua and Caleb, the Israelites complained, confessed negatively before God.
God responded to the negative confession of the Israelites: Numbers 14:28-30, “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.”
Know and understand that God is not careless to deliver in His plans and promises when there is no full attention to the conditions to receive from Him. 
Give full attention to the word of God that provokes the blessing of God for those who trust in the Lord and whose hope is in the Lord. (Jeremiah 17:7)

Prayer for today: Ask to be trusting and having hope in God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do you know if you are near or far from God?

2 Kings 6

Once, while Elisha and his servant were in the face of challenge, Elisha knew they were near to God, but his servant does not know the nearness of God.
The servant of Elisha was not aware of the presence of God for their deliverance because he does not know the nearness of God.
Elisha knows the nearness of God and was able to see, to command for the forces of God that supported him and his servant with a victory.
A believer of God that is living life by the word of God will know that God is near at all times, for His intervention never fails to deliver. 
The bible records, “So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, “Strike this people, I pray, with blindness.” And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:18)
Living in the consciousness of the care of God is the evidence of faith, the expression of expectation for the divine protection of God. 
Do you know that God is near for you?
Are you living life exposed to the world that is outside of God? 
The Psalmist expresses, “A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.” (Psalm 49:20) 
God made all, but much live life outside of God, not as a child of God, not keeping to His command, and far from God. 
In the near to God is the protection of God for one that draws near to God. Elisha walks in line with God, knows his nearness to God, and could see that the forces are waiting for his command before they could act on his behalf. Elisha and his servant were protected and could not become a victim of his enemies.
Maintaining life with God is evident in the case of Elisha.
What does it take to gain and maintain being in the near of God? 
The Bible identifies what it takes to gain and maintain the nearness of God.
Acts 6:4, “but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Acts 20:32, “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.”
Jude 20, “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
According to the word of God, seek God diligently by: 
Give self continually, not casually, in the word of God.
Give self to be build up and be able to claim the blessings of God.
Give yourself to be a prayerful believer.
Give self to the word of God to become a faithful believer.
With desire, ask from God that you live life in the consciousness of His care all the days of life He has for you. 
Be near to God that is always near for all that will walk in His word.

Prayer for today: Pray that you know to gain the nearness of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Listen to the word of God not to be a victim of the wicked world.

Proverbs 1

Proverbs 2:6 encourages all, “For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
Isaiah 33:6 speaks to all, “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times And the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.”
Listen to the word of God not to become a victim of the wicked world.
Listen, the world is not worth living if one does not have Christ, knowing about God but not knowing God. It is time to search for yourself, prayerfully come out of sin, seek God, to live life for the glory of God. 
IN THIS CHALLENGING TIME, COME OUT OF SIN, NOT TO MISS HEAVEN. 
A decorated name for sin is PRIDE. 
Living a life of sin is not seeking God diligently, to become separate from God because of pride.
Pride is a ride to self-destruction.
Romans 3:23 points out that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Give attention, go against sin, and know that there should be no encouragement for delaying your coming out of sin to live life for God.
The desire to live life for the glory of God should be of seeking God diligently. 
With sin, man is not seeking God and will not see God.
Living a life of sin is not seeking God diligently but telling lies as a way of life, deceiving and manipulating others. 
Does that speak to you?
Continually pray for the hand of God over your life.
Acts 6:4 admonish all, “but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” (Act 6:4)
Praying for the hand of God is a non-stop prayer point to experience the deliverance of God. 
God delivered the Israelites out of Egypt with His RIGHTEOUS HAND, His STRETCH OUT hand, and by His STRONG HAND, from Pharaoh yet, they did not stop calling on God for deliverance because the enemy continues to go after them.
Do not stop praying for deliverance.
The enemy approached the Israelites in the Red Sea, but Moses directed them by the prayer of deliverance to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” (Exodus 14:13)
Ask from God to enable you not to be afraid, to stand still (not looking for help from no man, the evidence of having faith in God), and to see to receive and become victorious over the challenges of today.
Proverbs 1:33 encourages, “But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.”
Listen to the word of God.

Prayer for today: Ask from God to enable you not to live a life of waste.