FAITH CAPSULE: To see God shall enable one to live for His glory.

Numbers 32

Why not desire to find God?
Keep in mind that all exists for God.
One who exists for God needs to find God.
To find God is to see God.
To see God shall enable one to live for His glory.
Failure is impossible not to find (see) God for one who seeks Him diligently.
The word of God informs what it takes to find God.
Deuteronomy 4:29 states, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
To seek God and find Him is not enough.
For example, the world flocks to Sunday service without a heart to find Him.To seek God and find is with the condition that one will see God.
Deuteronomy 4:29 states that you will seek Him, specifying the condition for finding Him.
A specific condition to find God is to seek Him with all heart and all soul.
To find God with all heart and all soul is impossible to fail in seeking God.
Seeking God with all heart and all soul demands consistency rooted in commitment.
Be committed to God as a way of life.
Commitment to God is a responsibility that leads to greatness, to the glory of God.
Responsibility is to be committed to the promise of God and not be discouraged by inconvenience in the journey of obtaining His promise.
What is the promise of God in place for your life?
By your desire, are you seeking what you want, instead of what you need?
God promised the Israelites milk and honey, but they asked for less from God.
The Israelites failed before God by not looking up to God to claim the promise God had for them. (Numbers 32: 1-7)
The Israelites wanted to settle for land with only milk.
Responsibility is committed to the promise and not discouraged by inconvenience.
It was not convenient for the children of Reuben and the children of Gad to move as commanded by God.
The lack of commitment is evidence of irresponsibility.
Without responsibility before God, one will not wholly follow God; will contradict the confession of faith; will consciously or unconsciously look away from God, to give way to the spirit of lukewarmness.
Irresponsible is to discontinue walking in line with God.
So much promise in the word of God, but man often settles for less because of inconvenience, as commitment suffers.
Indeed, not until one is empty of self can one be fully committed as responsible before God.
Elisha emptied himself when he departed from all that could have possibly denied his responsibility.
Elisha got committed to the calling of God.
He followed Elijah to live for the glory of God. (1 Kings 19:19-21)

Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you to live a life of commitment for His glory over your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Let the word take its place in you.

Psalm 138

How do you give yourself to God?
Acts 6:4 informs all, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
All must give themselves to God continually.
To give to God continually is to seek God diligently.
Do not give God short if you expect to gain more from God.
It is faith that quickens to give unto God.
Hebrews 11:6 encourages, “But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a Giving to God rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
One studying the word of God is not just reading the word of God to gain and retain the presence of God.
The word of God.
The word of God is His power.
Power belongs to God.
Psalm 138:2 informs all, “For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.”
The word of God has the power to heal and to deliver. 
Psalm 107:20 records, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”  
His word is here for anyone who will engage His word for deliverance and preservation. 
Are you still waiting for the word of God to bring forth your deliverance and preservation? 
Hebrews 4:12 states, “For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” 
The word of God, by its power, demands our time. 
Do you give time to study or skim through the pages of His word?
All that is needed most in this world is His word. 
The word of God is for our learning. 
Romans 15:4 admonishes, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” 
Are you spending time studying the word of God or the world? 
For those who are spending time on the word of God, the word of God will no doubt work for those in this world of wickedness. 
Anyone spending time on the things of the world, more than the word of God needs to readjust their time. 
Are you expecting the word of God to answer on your behalf when you have not been giving yourself to the word of God? 
The word of God cannot fail and will not fail. 
The book of Isaiah 55:11 declares, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” 
Let the word of God grow your life.

Prayer for today: Ask that the word of God take its place in your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Live life for God regardless of your challenge.

Genesis 6

Life is a journey.
Life is full of ups and downs.
In your journey, it is not how long, but how far God has brought you that counts.
Are you one praying to God to live a long life?
Are you living life for God that you are asking for, a long life?
Give regard to the truth that God creates all to live life for His glory. (Revelation 4:11)
Why not make it a prayer point by asking God to enable you to live life for His glory?
To live life for God means not living a life of waste.
Prayerfully, ask that you live for the glory of God, more than asking for a long life.
Where are you in the journey of life?
What is reducing you from God?
One withholding from God is not living for God.
Is there a conscious or unconscious force that is holding you from living by the word of God?
Is there a silent sin hidden from the world that is holding one down?
What is the challenge holding you back from living for God or seeking God?
God is not far from all; seeking Him diligently, you will find Him.
In your journey of life, what challenge is reducing you before God?
The challenge that persists in life is possible to reduce, delay, or deny to arrive at the calling of God.
In a world of ups and downs, experiencing challenges is inevitable.
The world is full of wickedness.
Genesis 6:5-6 records, “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. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.” 
One who answers as a believer is not an excuse to experience challenges.
Psalm 34:19 states, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
Any challenge that resists or persists will succumb to God at His appointed time.
Are you complaining before God in the face of your challenge?
A complaint expresses dissatisfaction before God to prompt a negative confession. 
Are you complaining by confessing negatively before God?
Anyone who complains before God will rebel before God.
The word of God warns: “Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error…” (Ecclesiastes 5:6)
The complaint of the Israelites against God set them on a painful journey of life.
God hears all complaints, and there is no reasonable excuse for complaining. 
To avoid complaint before God is rooted in trusting and hoping in God.
There is no excuse for the consequences of the complaint. 
Pray against the spirit of complaint in your life to arrive at the promise of God.
In life, no challenge is forever; time passes, and challenges change.

Prayer for today: Pray that God remembers you with favor and delivers you from all challenges before you.

FAITH CAPSULE: Failure is impossible when obedient to God.

Numbers 32

Doing what God says is evidence of obedience to God.
With commitment to seek God as a responsibility, failure to find Him becomes impossible. Deuteronomy 4:29 encourages all that if we seek God, we will find Him, as stated: “…you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Responsibility entails being committed to the promises of God and not being discouraged by the inconveniences encountered during the journey of obtaining His promises.
The Israelites could not commit to God’s promise when they sought convenience instead.
The Children of Gad and the Children of Reuben chose to settle on the east side of the Jordan when God wanted them to cross over and establish themselves in the Promised Land. Numbers 32:1-7 documents, “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 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 a land flowing with milk and honey, but they wanted to settle for land with only milk.
Responsibility requires commitment to God’s promise and not being discouraged by inconvenience. It was not convenient for the children of Reuben and the children of Gad to move as commanded by God.
A lack of commitment is evidence of irresponsibility in God’s way of life. Without responsibility before God, one will not wholly follow Him; one might contradict their confession of faith; one may consciously or unconsciously turn away from God, leading to a spirit of lukewarmness.
Being irresponsible means discontinuing alignment with God’s word.
There are many promises in the word of God, yet people often settle for less due to inconvenience when commitment wanes.
Indeed, until one is empty of self, they can never be fully committed and responsible before God.
Elisha emptied himself when he departed from all that could have potentially denied his responsibility to fully follow Elijah to the center of his divine assignment (1 Kings 19:19-21).

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be committed to God in all your ways.

FAITH CAPSULE: One that knows God will strive to live responsible before God.

Daniel 6

Responsibility is the key to greatness for the glory of God.
Only God can truly make a person great when there is responsibility in engaging with His word.
God is a saving master, but not a slave master; He does not force anyone to engage with His word.
Indeed, responsibility is the ability to act or decide on one’s own, without supervision.
Responsibility is rooted in being mindful of God, who is mindful of man.
David’s question to God highlights this in Psalm 8:4: “What is man that You are mindful of him?”
A person who is mindful of God is set to be full of God.
To be full of God is a responsibility necessary for achieving greatness for the glory of God.
As a believer, are you genuinely mindful of God, or is your mouth just full of God?
What does it involve to be mindful of God as documented in the Bible?
TO KNOW GOD WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT GOD IS A RESPONSIBILITY
Daniel is an example of someone who knew God and lived a life of responsibility, which was the key to his greatness for the glory of God.
Daniel knew God, as testified in Daniel 11:32: “But the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Daniel’s knowledge of God provoked him to be responsible, ensuring he did not defile himself before God. He purposed in his heart not to defile himself with the delicacies of the unbelieving king. The Bible records, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine that he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” (Daniel 1:8)
Daniel was mindful of God; he knew God, and as a result, he was responsible for his choices. Daniel’s responsibility for his greatness is also evidenced by his prayer custom before God. Although he was a captive, he became a governor. He faced plots against him that led to his being thrown into the den of lions. Daniel engaged in the responsibility of prayer, as recorded in Daniel 6:10: “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since his early days.”
Daniel was sentenced to the den of lions because he prayed and made supplication before his God. As a young captive, his prayer life, established since his early days, was his responsibility for achieving greatness for the glory of God.
Daniel was diligent in knowing God and, therefore, was not a victim of evil agendas.

Prayer for Today: Ask for the grace to live a life of responsibility to God.