FAITH CAPSULE: It is the timing of God, not the clock adjusted by man, that will bring your calling to pass. 

Matthew 7

Today, the majority answers to a title in the name of God, but not of God.
Did God call you?
Many claim the calling of God but are not called by God.
Matthew 22:14  records, “So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
Different titles, such as pastors, prophets, and apostles, do have the belief that they are answering to God, not asking God.
Believers claim to worship God but not live by the word of God. 
Matthew 7:22-23 records the response of Jesus for all: “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!”  
Have you called yourself, or called by man?
Do not become a victim, as one counting or committing to man as the caller.
Commit yourself to God alone. 
Psalm 37:5 admonishes all, “Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.” 
It is the timing of God, not the clock adjusted by man, that will bring your calling to pass. 
Know that quoting or sleeping on the ground of religion does not count more than other ways of living for the glory of God.
Watch to God alone to identify His calling over your life.
Isaiah 40:31 speaks to all, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
If you do not get a call, do not run to answer calling.
Did God call you, and you know, but your world did not know?
In answering the calling of God, you do not owe an answer to no man, but ask for boldness and character over your life to answer the calling of God.
Answering of God is taking the way and the truth.(John 14:6) 
However, the truth is not acceptable in the wicked world because truth is bitter. (Luke 4:24)
In your calling, prayerfully do not answer as Judas Iscariot answered to the calling of God, and later turned to deceive.
Judas numbered, and obtained a part in the ministry with the eleven apostles, but was not counted.
Just like Judas, many are numbered but not answered when it comes to being counted.
Know to answer fully to God; ignore the forces that seek to discourage your calling, to delay and deny your arrival at the center of divine assignment.
With the assurance of your calling by God, not of man, remain focused on the promise of God that will see you through your calling, as 1 Thessalonians 5:24 records, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” 

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to live life to the glory of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Disallow multitude as a company in all endeavours of yours.

Numbers 14

Engaging a multitude when answering to God or on life’s journey is a signal not to arrive.
In the calling of the Israelites to the promise of God, they could not answer without journeying with a multitude.
The Israelites could not claim the promise of God as they failed to disengage the mixed multitude from their journey to the Promised Land. 
Exodus 12:37-38 records: “Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. A mixed multitude went up with them…”  
For the Israelites, a mixed-up multitude is an unholy mix-up. 
At the departure of the Israelites from bondage to the Promised Land, they could not disengage the mixed multitude.
As they progressed on the journey, the effect of the mixed multitude caused trouble for the Israelites.
The Bible records in Numbers 11:4-6, “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!”  
The Israelites’ complaining before God was the complaint of the mixed multitude. 
God responds to the complaint of the Israelites, “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. Say to them, ‘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.” (Numbers 14:27-30)
Interestingly, Pharaoh and his chariots could not deny the breakthrough of over four hundred years of the Israelites in Egypt, but the mixed multitude denied them.
The Red Sea failed to hold back the Israelites from breaking forth, but the complaint of the mixed multitude prompted termination from reaching the Promised Land. 
Is there any mixed multitude with you as your company?
Here are some warning signals that a mixed multitude is your company as you journey:
Mixed multitude will keep reminding you of the past when you need to focus on where the Lord is taking you. They will cause you to crave in the place of need.
Mixed multitude will cave into complaining instead of complimenting God.
Mixed multitude will cause one to worry in the place of worship.
Consciously or unconsciously, who is the mixed multitude of your life journey?

Prayer for today: Pray that you will live life to the glory of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: In life, there is no minute or massive sin; sin is sin with no excuse for living in sin.

2 Samuel 12

The mercy of God is attainable when one asks for forgiveness.
Having sin against the word of God will set sinner far from God.
No sin is hidden from God.
One who abides in sin will be exposed to the consequences of sin and iniquity.
Can you think of any way of sinning in your life while expecting God to visit your life?
With sin, no one can reach unto God.
Anyone who desires to reach God must be far from living a life of sin.
Evidently, one with a heart of repentance will not fail to reach God.
Sin sets one apart from God, but mercy belongs to God; He reverses the irreversible to give mercy.
With repentance, one who asks God for forgiveness will receive the mercy of God.
One with the experience of the mercy of God is the candidate for the glory of God and is bound not to be a victim of destruction.
Understand and know to repent for sin before God to gain His mercy.
With repentance, the mercy of God is available.
David sinned by having Uriah killed after he violated the wife of Uriah.
God sent Prophet Nathan to David for his sin.
Prophet Nathan asked David, why have you despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him.
In 2 Samuel 12:12, David was told, “For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’ ”
In 2 Samuel 12:13, David responded with repentance: “So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.”
It was the mercy of God in response to the repentance of David, not to die a sudden death.
In every repentance before God, there is the mercy of God that delivers.
Deliverance for David was the mercy of God.
Are you with understanding of God to know how to gain His mercy?
The Bible records, “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You” (Psalm 86:5).
God is good and merciful; no iota of evil can deny the mercy of God that is in place for one with the understanding of repentance that calls for the forgiveness of God.
For one with repentance and confession, forgiveness is a sure way to experience the mercy of God, as it is glaring in the pages of the Bible. 
The Bible encourages, “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13). 
God is merciful, and God will respond with mercy for one who trusts and knows how to ask for forgiveness.
What is denying the mercy of God in your life?

Prayer for today: Pray that the spirit of sin shall not have place in you.

FAITH CAPSULE: God is true to His word, live by His word.

Psalm 103

Two things that is certain to do and attain the mercy of God are:
1.The mercy of God is obtainable according to what one sows
An adage states it is how one lays a bed that one will lie on it.
As in an adage, so it is a wise saying that states, “Whatever a man sows is what a man will reap.”
For example, although bananas and plantains look alike, replacing a banana with a plantain will not happen, regardless of how similar they appear.
Without doubt, what one prepares for will be the result of what becomes for one prepared for.
What are you sowing?
Understand and know that one will reap what is sown.
Hosea 10:12 buttresses the word of God, “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy.” 
In your ways of life, be merciful to experience the mercy of God. 
Matthew 5:7 records, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” 
Is God not a good God?
Without a doubt, God made a way for one to reap what is sown.
Evidently, one who knows that the mercy of God matters will know not to live a life of waste and will understand to strive for the mercy of God.
2. The mercy of God is obtainable when one fears God. 
Let the fear of God be your way of life.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 informs all, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.”
The fear of God in the life of one is set to gain the attention of God for the attainment of the mercy of God.
Psalm 33:18 mentions, “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy.”
Fear God and have for the mercy of God.
God alone sees the heart of all.
Do you fear God by mouth or by your heart?
A heart that is not mindful of God cannot have fear of God.
Psalm 103:17 records for learning,“But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him…”
Luke 1:50, “And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.” 
To fear God will undoubtedly gain the mercy of God.
One with the fear of God loves God, living by His word. 
The word of God is proven, is truth, and does not return to Him void. 
Psalm 103:11 encourages, “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy.”
Psalm 147:11 “The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy.”
With understanding, know to fear God so His mercy will reign and rule your life.
Do you fear God?
Give yourself to the word of God, live life with the fear of God, and experience His mercy.

Prayer for today: Pray for the fear of God to become established in your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: The mercy of God is attainable when one trusts God and asks for forgiveness. 

2 Samuel 12

There is assurance for one who trusts to receive from God.
2 Samuel 22:31 records: “As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.”
Trust God in God to gain the mercy of God.
Always, God is a good God.
With understanding, it is to trust God to attain mercy from God.
The Psalmist declared, “But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation” (Psalm 13:5).
Trusting in hope positions one to gain the mercy of God.
With understanding, trusting God is an avenue to receive from God.
Trusting God is looking up to God with no doubt.Trusting God is having hope to gain from Him.
Jeremiah 17:7 records, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.”
One who looks to God with trust and hope is set to gain the mercy of God.
Looking up to God with an open heart, one will locate God for His mercy. 
Luke 17:13 records,“And they lifted up their voices and said, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 
God is merciful. He does not run out of mercy for one who knows how to trust and lift their voice to Him.
With sin, no one can reach unto God.
Sin sets one apart from God, but mercy belongs to God; He reverses the irreversible to give mercy.
With repentance, one who asks God for forgiveness will receive the mercy of God.
Understand and know to repent for sin before God to gain His mercy.
With repentance, God’s mercy is available.
David sinned by having Uriah killed after he violated the wife of Uriah.
God sent Prophet Nathan to David for his sin.
Prophet Nathan asked David, why have you despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him.
In 2 Samuel 12:12, David was told, “For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’ ”
In 2 Samuel 12:13, David responded with repentance: “So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”
And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.”
It was the mercy of God in response to the repentance of David, not to die a sudden death.
In every repentance before God, there is the mercy of God that delivers.
Deliverance for David was the mercy of God.
Are you with understanding of God to know how to gain His mercy?
The Bible records, “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You” (Psalm 86:5).
God is good and merciful; no iota of evil can deny the mercy of God that is in place for one with the understanding of repentance that calls for the forgiveness of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that the understanding and knowledge to gain the mercy of God be your portion.