FAITH CAPSULE: One can run or attempt to avoid the calling of God, but no one can hide from the calling of God. 

2Kings 9:1-13

At the appointed time for your promotion, God will put someone in a position to activate your promotion.
For example, Jehu was only a commander in the army of Ahab at the time God called Jehu to become the King of Israel.
God calls it is for man to obey His calling.
God alone qualifies you for His calling.
God qualifies the calling of Jehu with no prior announcement or qualification for the calling of Jehu.
The calling over the life of Jehu was not by the way of the world but by the way of God.
In the calling of Jehu, there was no indication of what the calling 
was for Jehu. 
In the life journey, your elevation will come just like it went and located Jehu. 
One can run or attempt to avoid the calling of God but no one can hide from the calling of God.
Elisha sent one of the prophets to go and anoint Jehu with oil as the King of Israel. 
2 Kings 9:2 records, “Now when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his associates, and take him to an inner room.” 
Jehu rose from among his associates to become the head among his associates. 
There is the calling of God in His appointment time.
Interestingly, Jehu did not pray to ask for the calling over his life because his calling was glaring.
Did God call you?
The calling of Jehu was not his idea.
Jehu did not struggle or take any stand of opposition before the anointing came unexpectedly to lift him above and beyond his associates. 
The call of Jehu was from God, and his associates could not resist nor reject him as the King. 
Have you received the calling of God unexpectedly when not expected to be called the King?
When God calls you with promotion, He will put people in a position to dress you and not reject you. 
God will be for you in His calling for your life.
2 Kings 9:13 records, “Then each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, “Jehu is king!” 
Jehu was dressed and received with the blast of trumpets and a loud announcement of his new position. 
God is a great God.
He is still in the business of extending favor, mercy, grace, and blessings. Let no situation or condition dictate to you or discourage you from what you can become or what you cannot become. 
God, the lifting lifter, will lift you above your associates in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to give attention to God by studying His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: Your story will change for good to the glory of God. 

Judges 11

The story of Jephthah is evidence that challenging stories are changeable for good.
Jephthah is a Hebrew name that means “he opens” or “to be free”. It may also signify “Yahweh will open”.
Jephthah the Gileadite had a but in his life that reduced him before his world.
Before God.
Jephthah was a mighty man of valor but a son of a harlot. He was chased out of his father because he was born by another woman. 
The challenges of life can be out of the control of its owner.
The challenge before Jephthah was outside of his control.
What is your challenge?
Life is a journey, and it has ups and downs.
Life demands wisdom, understanding, and knowledge of God, not to live a life of waste.
The journey of life demands unfailing faith and patience.
Faith with patience is like the key to the ignition vehicle of the life journey.
Wait, watch, and see what the Lord will do to your case. 
Regarding Jephthah, after being chased out by his people, the children of Israel came back to him for help. 
When God intervenes, the situation will change for the glory of God.
During the confrontation with the enemies, the children of Israel needed a commander. 
The elders of Gilead had to go and seek Jephthah for help.
Can you imagine how your story will change for the glory of God? 
The book of Judges 11:6 records, “Then they said to Jephthah, ‘Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.’” 
The world can condemn you, but God has His way of redeeming you.
Jephthah was a son of a harlot.
He was driven out by his brothers, now being sought to be a leader. Jephthah responds in Judges 11:7, “So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?” 
The same God set up a situation for Jephthah to become redeemed by getting a call from his people.
With his calling, he rose above and beyond where he was before being expelled.
God is in a position to turn the story for His glory.
The name of God should become glorified over His creation.
God can never be too late or too soon.
God will show up in your situation at His divine timing. 
Jephthah the Gileadite accepted the assignment to deliver victory for his people over the enemies.
The children of Israel were victorious by the leadership of the rejected one.
Jephthah did not just lead as a commander but became the head because of victory over the enemy by his hand. 
Jephthah the Gileadite had a but in his life that reduced him before his world, not before God. 
Your story will change for good to the glory of God. 

Prayer for today: Ask that your story will change for good to the glory of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Know God to deliver you.

Psalm 34

Are your challenges more than what Job experienced? 
Challenges will respond to the word of God.
Living life by the word of God is the position to operate with authority.
Deceiving to manipulate the world is not a position to operate the authority in the word of God.
One seeking God will carry the mark of a righteous one.
Righteous one should be an expectation for deliverance in all challenges.
Psalm 34:19 encourages, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”  
Keep in mind, know that challenges will come and go.
Carrying the mark of a righteous challenge is inevitable that will come and go.
There is no one with an excuse not to experience challenges.
Challenges can be persistently painful. 
No challenge is beyond the deliverance of God.
Trusting the name of God should not be limited to when there is no challenge. 
The name of God is worthy of being trusted at all times as a strong tower that the righteous run to and are safe. (Proverbs 18:10)
Job, during his days of unimaginable challenges, declares, “Though He slays me, yet will I trust Him.” (Job 13:15) 
If Job can trust God during his challenges, what prevents others from trusting Him? 
Are your challenges more than what Job experienced?
Challenges will come and go.
Give thanks to God for all He has done and will do.
Regardless of the challenge, know to have a heart purposed for God.
Have a purpose for God with priority.
To answer as a believer, not living by the word of God is not with a purposed heart for God. 
Daniel had a challenge.
Daniel was a young captive taken away from his people and land. 
Daniel 1:8 records, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself…”
Daniel purposed, resolved, and persisted not to defile himself by engaging in that which is not of God. 
Purpose with priority to live life by walking with God.
Consciously, consistently, let your purpose be your custom way of life before God.
Daniel did not live a life of waste. He purposed with priority and walked with God.
The challenge Daniel could not deny him from walking with God was not to become a victim of a wicked world.
Know that the word of God has the power to calm the storm.
Challenges will come and go.
An unexpected or expected storm is a challenge that will calm.
Power is an authority in the word of God.
One living by the word of God is with power.
Challenges such as windstorms shall respond to specific authority to gain peace over challenges.
Over your windstorm, pray with understanding, not play religion by making noise over God, not listening to hear back from God.
Jesus spoke with authority, “…Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” (Mark 4:39)

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to walk with God.

FAITH CAPSULE: In your challenge, cry out to God.

Mark 10:46-52

The world of noise-making demands your noise-making to provoke the hand of God.
Your challenge will prompt the enemy to keep you down.
One that remains quiet where there is a need to cry out for help, stagnation will become the identity of such. 
Are you quiet where you need to speak out even without noise making?
Blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was an example of not being quiet where there is a need to call out loud. 
Blind Bartimaeus was at the right location to receive his sight when the multitude attempted to keep him quiet. 
Bartimaeus was at the juncture where Jesus went by, but a great multitude was also in place. 
The multitude is the agent of discouragement, denial, and delay. Bartimaeus refused to be quiet, “When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.” (Mark 10:47)
The crying out of Blind Bartimaeus was an example of what persistence can do against every agent of the wicked in an attempt to deny the needy one.
The more Bartimaeus cried out, the more the forces attempted to keep him quiet, not to experience healing visitation.
Do not be quiet when challenges demand to cry out.
When a believer remains quiet at the time of a need to cry out, the multitude will take such a believer for a ride and deny a breakthrough. Bartimaeus remains not to be quiet about the intervention of God in his challenge.
The noise of Bartimaeus made Jesus stand still and commanded him to be called up by Jesus (Mark 11:39). 
The multitude that was out to keep Bartimaeus quiet was the same multitude that eventually called him out for Jesus. 
The multitude did not just call on him; they recognized what was about to take place by calling him and saying, “…be of good cheer. Rise He is calling you.” (Mark: 10:49)
Have you been exposed to any agent of delay attempting to keep you quiet at where to cry out? 
What one can do is ignore the multitude and keep on crying out to Jesus. Crying out to Jesus will gain the attention of His visitation. 
Just like Bartimaeus, calling unto Jesus will cause the caller to rise above every blind challenge and every force that is in place to keep one grounded. 
Bartimaeus could not be quiet from gaining his healing deliverance by the multitude but cried to gain a new garment to replace the garment of blindness. Bartimaeus rose and went to Jesus.
It is never too late to cry out and have the garment of shame, the mark of stagnation, give up in life. 
When Jesus hears your cry, you will rise and move out of shame and stagnation.

Prayer for today: Ask not to be shut out of healing visitation.

FAITH CAPSULE: The face of God is what all need to encounter.

Psalm 121, Isaiah 45:14-25

Encouragement is in the word of God for the expectation of manifestation.
In the testimonies of the Psalmist, there is documentation for any believer to look up to God for manifestation.
The Psalmist testifies in Psalm 121:1-2, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD Who made heaven and earth.” 
Where do you look up to in times of any need for help? 
Are you looking up because others lookup? 
Looking up outside of the intervention of God is committing to the world.
John 2:24 encourages by not committed to anyone “But Jesus did not commit Himself to them because He knew all men,”
Do you consciously lift your eyes to the hills instead of looking up to God?
The deliberate and conscious act is a demonstration of understanding. Understanding what is activated is what produces results. 
Do you know what to get when you look to the high place, the enthroned of God?
In looking up, there should be an expectation to connect with the presence of God, the face of God. Psalm 34:5 states, “They looked up unto Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed.” 
An encounter with the face of God will bring all that one needs to travel along the path of life without any agent of the wicked terminating such a journey to the expected end. 
John 3:31 records, “He who comes from above is above all…” 
Why not look above? 
There is only one God, and He is the One that is above all. 
The Word of God encourages, “Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.” 
Why not look up to God?
Looking up to God is a meaningful approach to gain manifestation for expectation. 
Jacob was with consciousness with expectation for manifestation.
Jacob, while on his way after moving from Laban, wrestled with an angel, and he gave the testimony of his encounter in Genesis 32:30, “So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” 
Jacob had an encounter face-to-face with God, the testimony to their experience preservation. 
The face of God is what all need to encounter in the life journey. 
An encounter with the face of God will carry one through, and such will pass over every force in life. 
Paul the Apostle prayed in 2 Timothy 4:18, “And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen! 
Every journey demands not to take eyes away from looking up to God.

Prayer for today: O Lord my God, I ask for strength that enables one not to look anywhere else but only at you.