FAITH CAPSULE: Walk with God is walking by His word.

Matthew 13

Live life for God, follow Him, walk with Him.
Walk with God to please Him and be counted for His reward.
IN WALKING WITH GOD, BE AWAKE SPIRITUALLY 
Are you awake spiritually, living life by the word of God?
The wicked world demands to be awake by seeking God diligently and not be asleep spiritually. 
One that is not walking or not living for God is sleeping before God spiritually.
The parable of Jesus is an everyday truth with a spiritual application.
His parable is an earthly truth with a heavenly meaning.
Matthew 13:25-30 records the parable of sleeping in the place of sleeping, “…but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn.” 
The above parable of Jesus reveals that sleeping will displace walking with God for the wicked to gain entrance into the life of one sleeping.
One sleeping before God, not walking with God, shall be far from God that is not far from all.
Sleeping before God cannot possibly follow God, walking with God, living life for God.
One who is walking with God shall come out of wickedness.
One not walking with God shall walk in line with the evil activities of the wicked world.
God shall judge the wicked world at His appointed time. 
Ecclesiastes 8:11-12 warned, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.” 
Walk with God, not be counted with the wicked world at the judgment time of God.
Like a seed, sow self in God and seek God diligently in your walk.
Walk with God, stand with God to please God, and be rewarded by God.

Prayer for today: Ask that you be rooted in the word, walking by following Him all the days of life He has given you. 

FAITH CAPSULE: The word of God that is meditated will elevate. 

Acts 16:16-40

The quote of verse such as Philippians 4:6 is worthy of meditating day and night in the challenges of today.
One giving self to meditating day and night is communicating with God and not becoming a victim of the world. Philippians 4:6 states, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” 
The word of Philippians 4:6 must have been well-versed in the heart of Paul and Silas when they were locked up in prison for the wrong reason. While in prison, they were not questioning God but doing according to the word of God as recorded in Acts 16:25, “But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God…” As they were not anxious but praying and praising God, heaven responded on their behalf with a great earthquake which opened the prison door. 
The word you meditate in your heart will elevate you in your world.
Any experience representing prison?
With the word of God in the heart, the key to breakthrough is in the hand. The word got Paul and Silas out of the prison.
The story of Daniel is the testimony of word-working wonder in life. 
When Daniel refused to bow to any other gods because of the living word of God in his heart, the king sent Daniel to the pit of hungry lions. 
The word in his heart that made him not bow for any image caused hungry lions not to have an appetite for fresh meat (Daniel). The three friends of Daniel could not become roasted beef in the fiery burning furnace when they refused to bow to other gods. 
The word of God that one carries in the heart will shield such against evil termination.
Caleb testifies in Joshua 14:7, “I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart.”
Caleb could not give a negative report after spying on the Promised Land for the Israelites. 
Caleb testified positively in his mind when he ignored the negative confession.
The promise of God through Moses was in the heart of Caleb. 
The word of God in the heart of Caleb encouraged him to arrive at the Promised Land. 
Meditating the word of God in the heart and not memorizing it in the head will provoke the manifestation of expectation. 
The power in the word of God is why all should continually carry the word of God in their heart. 
Give yourself to the word of God, and it shall get you to the promises of God for His glory. 
Commit to meditating on the word of God in your heart. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled for the word of God to take over your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: The word of God is not just a story but a secret to set one up for great exploits.

Genesis 39

The word of God that one carries will drive one through the world of wickedness without falling.
Among the descriptions given to the word of God are: 
Hebrews 4:12 “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.” (Hebrews 4:12) The word of God is a weapon, a sword with a position in the heart of a believer to navigate unfailing in the wicked world.
Those who do not open their hearts for the word of God will be far from God, that is near.
Apostle Paul admonishes all, “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) 
One with no room for the word of God does not carry the presence of God.
The word of God that one carries will drive one through the world of wickedness without falling.
Get to experience the word of God in life.
Deuteronomy 11:18 states, “Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.” Psalm 119:11, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”
The life of Joseph is the evidence of one that continually carries the word of God in the heart to arrive at the center of divine assignment in life. 
As he journeyed, sin presented itself to him when the wife of his master approached him with an attempt to lie with him. 
Joseph did not give himself to the sin presented to him by the wife of his master.
Joseph focused on God to ignore a shortcut in his journey as a slave.
The word in the heart of Joseph responds in Genesis 39:8-9, “But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” 
He has hidden the word of God in his heart not to be a sinner. (Psalm 119:11) 
Imagine what could have happened to the journey of Joseph if he had fallen for the wife of his master.
It does not matter how much you carry, but it does make a difference when you have the word of God in your heart. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to open your heart for the entrance of the word of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: How often do you give regard to the testimonies of God?

1 Samuel 17

God is not evil, and there is no iota of wickedness in Him. 
God is a loving and merciful God; His thoughts and plans toward His children are good and better for His children. 
God confirms His good thoughts for all when he says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11) 
Whatever is good comes from God. 
Knowing that God is good to His children, one would wonder why His children often end up in captivity. 
God is not the author of evil, but His children often authorize evil to have its place by the kind of choice His children engage in living life. 
The word of God points out what could be the reason why the evil of captivity of destruction usually strikes by stating, “…But they do not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the operation of His hands. Therefore, my people have gone into captivity because they have no knowledge.” (Isaiah 5:12-13)
The work of God is His testimony. 
His testimony is His word. 
By His word, He created all that is and will be. 
Disregarding the work of His hand can be compared to clay that does not give regard to its porter. 
Also, to disregard the works of His hand is to ignore His testimonies.
As a creation of God, are you giving regard to your Creator, the eternal rock of ages?
King David was able to engage the testimonies of God when he stood to challenge Goliath. 
The Bible documents David’s testimonies, “But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”  
Moreover, David said, “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.” (1Samuel 17:34-37) 
How often do you give regard to the testimonies of God when forces of captivity show up on you? 
David gave regard to the testimonies of God to provoke the hand of God for the deliverance of the whole land from captivity.
God is a good God. 
Give attention to God by giving regard, and He will not fail to identify you for your deliverance from captivity. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to put His fear in you so that you will not depart from Him all the days of your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: To despise the word of His command is an avenue to destruction. 

1 Samuel 16

The word of God is truth to perform and perfect. 
The word of God is unbreakable to those who live by the word of God in obedience to the command of God.
Isaiah 55:11 declares the word of God, “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.”  
Truth is the word of God. 
David, a man after the heart of God, testifies that God magnifies His word above all His name. (Psalm 138:2) 
A failure to obey the word of God is a straight passage to self-destruction. Are you living disobediently to any of the words of God, His command? Proverbs 13:13 declares, “He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.” 
To despise His word of command is evidence of a lack of fear of God to obey the command of God.
To despise the word of His command is an avenue to destruction.
God appointed King Saul as the first king of His people. 
During his reign, disobedience on his part set him apart from God. 
After the second year of King Saul over the children of Israel, his disobedience to the word of God hanged on him for forty years. 
King Saul was king for a long time but had no reasonable time with God.
Sin before God kicks anyone with sin to become far from God that never far.
King Saul violated God when he despised the word of God. 
After he despised the command of God, “… the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him. 15 And Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely, a distressing spirit from God is troubling you.” (1 Samuel 16:14-15) 
The sin of Saul evicted him from the presence of God.
In your God-appointed position, are you lost from the presence of God? King Saul was at the seat of power, but power had left him. 
Does that sound like you? 
Anyone can lost with God and not know. 
In the case of King Saul, after he had lost the presence of God, he became exposed to acute mental suffering, affliction, and distress became his portion. 
When the presence is not in the life of anyone, there is nothing to make up for the presence of God.
David, a skillful player and a mighty man of valor, was not enough to make up for the presence of God that was absent in the life of King Saul.
David played the instrument for King Saul and answered as instrumental for a temporary solution.
God is not substitutable in any situation or under any circumstances. Despite skillful play by David, the distressed spirit over King Saul could not depart from him.

Prayer for today: Ask for deliverance from every spirit of destruction.