Category Archives: Devotions

THE DOING OF GOD

FAITH CAPSULE: The doing of God should not be quiet but be the song of provoking His blessing.  

Psalm 119:1-64

The doings of God are His testimonies.
Sharing with others about what God has done or done in the life of one is also keeping the testimonies of God.
It is a blessing of God to keep the testimonies of God.
Psalm 119:2 states, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies…”
Make it a way of life sharing and keeping what the Lord God has done or doing to provoke His blessing.
Testimony is a way of not keeping quiet but speaking out loud to the glory of God.
Testimony is also a way of celebrating God by speaking out loudly.
Consider being loud about the doing of God as giving jealous God His due attention. Giving God attention promotes His goodness and also provokes getting His attention. 
The Psalmist testifies, “The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.” (Psalm 119:95) 
The testimonies of God are the evidence of His work. 
Testifying about God is gaining access to the power of God that is mighty to deliver. 
Testifying of God is counting on God to be having more testimonies. Above all, when one reminds God concerning the work of His hand, He will react concerning the war that confronts one. 
Once, Goliath stood against the children of Israel with verbal insults and harassment of Israel, and none of the Israelites could consider the testimonies of God that be powerful enough to deliver. David drew boldness and courage from the testimonies of God to bring down Goliath. 
David testified, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” (1 King 17:37) 
The first offensive weapon of attack was remembering and reminding all agents of opposition about what God had done in his life. 
In the face of challenges, those who trust God enough to remember what He has done will always provoke Him to gain His support.
David could not be quiet about the goodness of the doing of God over his life.
With the testimony of the hand of God in support of David, heaven moved on his behalf to silence his Goliath. 
Be loud about the doing of God to experience victory.
Psalmist could not be quiet but stated, “I cling to your testimonies; O Lord, do not put me to shame! (Psalm 119:31) 
I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and I will not be ashamed.” (Psalm 119:46) 
As a believer, you have what it takes to be victorious. 
Today open your mouth wide, do not be quiet; testify to Him, and He will silence your enemy.
The testimonies of God are His doing to keep experiencing Him.  

Prayer for today: Ask that the testimonies shall continually be your portion.

HIS PROMISE 

FAITH CAPSULE: All should know that God is forever faithful to His promise. 

Deuteronomy 1

When it was time for the Israelites to possess the promise of God, it was time to move from dwelling at the mountain bottom. 
The mountain bottom could be a place of comfort that takes away the sight of potential breakthroughs in life. 
The Bible records in Deuteronomy 1:6-7, “The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.” 
One can engage in comfort and not continue the journey to possess fully. 
Are you dwelling in the wrong position long enough not to move to pursue and possess the promise of God?
When God called the Israelites out of the mountain bottom, He called their attention by stating, “See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land…” (Deuteronomy 1:8) 
Possessing what is yet at hand demands faith to see in the place of nothing. 
The word of God and His promises are not visible physically until one begins to see it as the truth to go after it. 
The truth of God cannot fail to deliver. 
Above all, His word does not return to Him void, but the world voids His word, not doing according to the word of God.
In addition to coming out of the mountain bottom (comfortable dwelling position) and not seeing, there shall be no room for fear and discouragement. 
Moses warned about fear and discouragement while emphasizing to the Israelites the need to see and be able to possess in Deuteronomy 1:21, “Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.” 
Fear is the opposite of faith. 
Fear sinks faith.
Discouragement denies the ability to see in line with what God has promised.
Can you consider where you are in the promise of God for your life? 
Identify if you are at the mountain bottom or you have engaged in rising to possess.
Have you allowed fear and discouragement to take over the seat of driving your journey? 
All should know that God is forever faithful to His promise. 
Do not fail to engage and possess the promise of God.   
God called Abraham, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you. So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son…” (Genesis 22:3) 
Abraham rose to the calling of God to deny the mountain bottom.
Rise up and not delay! 

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to rise to His promise for your life. 

LOOK INTO THE WORD

 FAITH CAPSULE: Look into the word to secure your destiny in the word of God.

John 1:1-38

Are you receiving the word of God to be living by the word of God? Encased in the word of God is what it takes to escape and not be a victim of the wickedness of this world. 
One that seeks will see and be able to capture a secured future in the word of God that can not break nor return to Him void.
How do you effectively engage the word? 
Begin to see in the word of God as looking into the mirror. 
Behold the word by constantly hearing and hearing with listening ability. Begin to see and receive the word of God. 
One cannot see in the word of God and doubt. 
What you see is what you receive, and it becomes of you.  
How you see yourself in the mirror before engaging your day determines how you carry yourself through the day in all endeavors. 
One who sees self as sick first thing in the morning will walk through the day as one that is sick. 
However, one that looks in the mirror of the word of God and says to self: 
“I am looking strong and good today” is set to rule the day with uncommon energy. 
Make the word your daily routine.
Study the word continually, not only when it is convenient. 
Allow the word of God to impact your perspective of life; allow the word to be your mirror which will identify you for a breakthrough. 
Look into the mirror of the word for what you will adhere to adjust your life so that you may have great exploits in the life God has given you.
Daniel did a great exploit. Daniel 11:12 records, “Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” 
Among the secret that made Daniel a difference in his life to do great exploits was praying three times a day. 
It was testified 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 early days.” 
Daniel must have seen Himself in the mirror of the word in the Psalm of David that states, “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.” (Psalm 55:16-17) 
Look into the word to secure your destiny in the word of God. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled that your eyes see and receive the word of God in your image.

BE SOBER AND VIGILANT

FAITH CAPSULE: Seek God diligently, the character of one that is sober and vigilant.

Job 1, Mark 14: 43-52

Do not make yourself available for the devourer.
1 Peter 5:8 warns, “Be sober; be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 
1 Peter 5:8 warns, “Be sober; be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 
It is good to know that power belongs to God. 
While the devil walks around, God sits on His throne to see all and to deliver those loyal to His name. 
2 Chronicles 16:9 buttresses, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.” 
God shall never leave His own vulnerable for the adversary to devour. 
Do you fear God enough to be acknowledged for protection by the hand of God? 
Having a loyal heart is relying on Him. 
Those who rely on God are the ones who fear God. 
Job 1:6 records, “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.” 
Can you imagine Satan having access to the gathering of the sons of God?
Satan declared that he was going to and fro on the earth. (Job 1:7) 
For Satan, it is business as usual, looking for someone to devour. 
The Bible points out that Satan has been going to and fro looking for someone to become His victim. 
Today Satan is still looking for whom to devour, and tomorrow will continue to look for someone until his time is up. 
The devil is at work not to give up his effort to frustrate the kingdom of God, just as he has been doing since the beginning of time.
When Jesus was here, the devil also found its way to use Judas, one of the disciples of Jesus Christ. 
Judas was available to be an agent for the devil when he got paid to betray Jesus.
Mark 14:10 records, “Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them. And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.” 
Indeed, and in truth, when it was time for Satan to work through Judas, it was convenient. 
Judas gave Jesus up with a kiss. 
What is the convenient way you have taken to allow Satan? 
It does not matter where you are or what you do, but if your walk in the Lord is not obedience to the word of God, you are betraying Jesus. 
Do not make yourself available for the devourer.
Trust and hope in God for the grace not to become a victim of the devil.
The devil and His agent cannot be more powerful than the hand of God.
Seek God diligently, the character of one that is sober and vigilant.

Prayer for today: Ask to become filled with the knowledge and grace not to betray Jesus in all your walks of life.

LIVE LIFE FOR GOD!

FAITHCAPSULE: Live life for God to become glorified in your life.

Genesis 19 

A failure to see that God is moving you forward is the passage to self-destruction. 
In life, being relocated from a comfortable location can be challenging.
A new location is refreshing if a believer sees God as the One ordering steps. 
Embrace where you are and allow the past to be in the past. 
Live life for God to become glorified in the life He has given you. 
Having life today is not because of merit but because of His mercy. 
Psalm 117 admonishes, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us and the truth of the Lord endures forever.” 
The mercy of God was in place for Lot, but his wife failed to see the mercy of God in her relocation. 
As an acclaimed believer, do you see God in your relocation? 
Those who live by faith will see in faith and move by faith, knowing that the truth of the Lord endures forever. 
The truth of God is in His word. 
He gave His word to warn Lot, “…Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” (Genesis 19:17) 
An escape from self-destruction demands setting sight on the Commander of commands. 
The command was difficult for the wife of Lot to obey because she could not look away from her comfort zone. 
The wife of Lot looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. (Genesis 19:26) 
Think about it, is your relocation the way of God, a way of repositioning for the better? 
What is your past that you cannot leave behind to move forward?
Can you see that God is ordering your step? 
Looking back is evidence of worry instead of glorifying God.
God is moving you forward to a different ground for your deliverance purpose.
Disallow complaints from occupying you. 
The children of Israel were out of the bondage of over four hundred years, but their bond with the house of bondage loaned them out to self-destruction. 
It is written, “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!’” (Numbers 11:4-6) 
The children of Israel vigorously complained instead of glorifying God for His merciful kindness and truth that endures forever. 
Complaining does not settle well with God. 
Give all the glory to God for where you are today.

Prayer for today: Ask God to take over your days so that your days focus on His word.