FAITH CAPSULE: Something about the third has to do with God’s visitation, redemption, and resurrection.

Esther 5

Exodus 19:10-11 records, “Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow and let them wash their clothes. And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.” The third day was God’s choice to visit His people. Something about the third has to do with God’s visitation, redemption, and resurrection. The life of Moses, Esther and the life Jesus Christ of Nazareth testify to the miracle of the third. God is the same yesterday, today and forever, He shall visit you for your miracle of the third.
Moses’ time of the third: At the time Moses was born, Pharaoh’s pronouncement of the death penalty for every son born by Hebrew women was in effect. As a result, Moses’ mother decided to hide him. Moses’ mother, “…Hid him for three months.” (Exodus 2:2) When Moses was brought out in the third month, he ended up in the compassionate care of the murderer’s palace. Moses’ mother, “… took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.” (Exodus 2:3) On the third month, Pharaoh’s daughter saw the ark of bulrushes at the bank of the river and when she opened it, “…She saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children” (Exodus 2:6) Moses was brought out on the third month for his redemption.
Esther’s time of the third: The favor that brought deliverance for Mordecai and the Israelites in the hand of the wicked Harman began on the third day when Esther stepped on King’s court. It is written, “Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house. So it was when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand…” (Esther 5:1-2)
Jesus’ time of the third: Jesus our Lord and savior chose to stun the devil when He resurrected on the third day. The miracle of the third cannot be undermined, God does nothing by accident. Claim the miracle of the third, remind God as stated in Isaiah 43:26, “Put me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case that you may be acquitted.”  State your case before God to claim your miracle of the third. God is not partial but will attend to your case.

Prayer for today: Ask from the Ancient of days, to give you the miracle of the third.

FAITH CAPSULE: A free will thanksgiving to God is with joyful and a loud voice.

Psalm 100

Deuteronomy 5:8 records declaration of God, “…For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…” God is a jealous God. Deuteronomy 32:21 records God’s reaction to Israelites wrong sacrifice, “They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols…”
It must be clear and settled in all man to know that God pays attention to receive sacrifice which will provoke God to jealousy that moves Him to bless. Among sacrifice to God for His blessing is giving Him thanksgiving.
Hebrews 13:15 buttressed, “Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.” Begin to provoke God for His attention with continual thanksgiving. Giving thanks to God is not “thinking thanks” but giving thanks.
God alone is worthy of constant and consistent thanksgiving. Ability to count the number of thanks to God is an evidence of shortage giving thanks to God. God is worthy of an uncountable number of thanksgivings every moment. Are you in place thinking thanksgiving to God? Thinking Thanksgiving to God is not the same as Thanksgiving but a muted thanksgiving that is not worth it for a Worthy God.
For Worth caring God, the Bible verses stated thanksgiving for our learning: “And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, offer it of your own free will.” (Leviticus 22:29)
A free will thanksgiving is with shout joyful to God and declaring His works with rejoicing.
Psalm 95:2 records, “Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.” Psalm 107:22 “Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.”
Another free will of giving thanks to God is not hiding from giving thanks to God but giving a loud voice of thanksgiving to God. Bible records the need of a voice in a time of giving thanks to God, “Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry; I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.” (Jeremiah 30:19) “But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving.” (Jonah 2:9)
Giving thanks that are rooted in loud voice was demonstrated by Jesus when Lazarus came out of death to life, “…Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.” (John 11:41-44)
With understanding, give God thanksgiving as a reasonable sacrifice to provoke God for His blessing.

Prayer for today: Ask for understanding not to fail from locating God for His visitation over your life.

FAIT CAPSULE: Samson slipup was a careless sleep at his hiding ground for his preservation.

Judges 16

It is written, “Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there and went into her.  When the Gazites were told, “Samson has come here!” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.” (Judges 16:1-2) Samson could not be killed because he was hiding in the living word of God with command over his life. Before he was born, God sent His word through His angel who declared that Samson should be a Nazirite (not to drink wine; not to eat anything unclean and no razor should touch his hair) from birth for the rest of his life. Time and time again he could not be brought down by forces of the wicked. Once, a lion caught up with him by surprise and he was able to tear up the lion like a young goat (Judges14:5-6). Power demonstration in the life of Samson was uncommon because the word of God was intact over his life as hiding place.
The spirit of God constantly kept and delivered Samson from trouble. Samson was a mighty man of God that was hiding in the word of God. Are you hiding in the word of God for your preservation? The living word of God that is keeping a man from evil agenda must be jealously secured and there should never be a careless sleep over the word of God for man’s life. A careless sleep over the word of God is the avenue to slip up that will expose a man to an untimely death. Despite the word of God keeping Samson from being exposed to the wicked world, he overthrew himself by exposing self to Delilah representing wicked world.
Samson should have seen the warning signs when he engaged Delilah whose name means lustful. Lust and temptation are birds of the same feather. Delilah the lustful one brought temptation to Samson in an attempt to terminate Samson before his time. Indeed, Samson entered into a careless sleep after revealing the source of his hiding ground to Delilah. Judges 16:20 recorded, “And she said, ‘The Philistines are upon you, Samson! So he awoke from the sleep, and said, ‘I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free! But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.’” Samson slipup was a careless sleep which made him a victim of his enemy where he supposed to be victorious. Samson had a careless sleep; word of God vacated him and was delivered to his enemy. Are you having a careless sleep which keeps a man out of hiding place? Whenever the word of God is violated, becoming a victim of an evil agenda is inevitable.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will not be a victim of not hiding self in God’s word.

FAIL CAPSULE: Begin to declare that, “The Lord, He is God.”

1 Kings 18

On Mount Carmel, Elijah (an agent for God) engaged four hundred and fifty false prophets of Baal (agents of King Ahab) in a power demonstration. In that encounter, Elijah asked the false prophets to call their god for power. The god of the false prophets was a no show despite long hours of calling. When all attempts to call on Baal was exhausted, Elijah placed a call for his God of gods, the only God that answers by fire. Without any delay, God answered Elijah and a consuming fire fell. By virtue of God’s showing, Ahab and his entourage saw the move of God in power demonstration and they reacted as stated, “Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”’ (1 Kings 18:39) Just like the people on Mount Carmel saw the move of God and declared that “The Lord, He is God”, have you seen enough of the move of God in your life to begin to declare the Lord is God?
It was clarified between the God of Elijah and the prophets of Baal that the God of Elijah is the Lord God, and there is none to worship but Him. It was a victory on the Lord God’s side as a result, Elijah declared an open war against the prophets of Baal. 1 Kings 18:40 records, “And Elijah said to them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!’ So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.”
Where are you located? Where is your location on the ground of God? Have you accepted Him as your only God, the Lord of lords, the eternal Creator, the One that was, that Is and that will always be? If you will begin to sing it out from the depth of your heart with the expectation for Him to manifest, then you are in tune with heaven for your own Mount Carmel victory.
Now is the time to take a stand and ask God today that all agents of confusion, delay, hindrances should be seized on your behalf just as Baal prophets were seized. Pray that militating forces against you shall not escape the experience of the fire of God. Your enemies shall be brought down just as the Baal prophets were brought down at the Brook of Kishon. All that does not represent God in your life need to be permanently and eternally terminated so they will have no life to work against your God’s breakthrough. In your calling on God, do not spare your enemy, go ahead with your weapon (the word of God), invade them, raid them, disable them and unmake them. Give self to prayer and the ministering of the word of God to provoke heavenly victory in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the strength of your prayer on your prayer altar.

FAITH CAPSULE: Taking a hiding place in the word of God will not fail.

John 8:21-59

When the devil thought it was over for the ministry of Jesus on earth, our Lord and Savior rose on the third day. On the third day, the grave of three days led to the birth of new grace. In this third month, if you will begin to look up to God for the newness of His mercy, then His grace shall recover all that the enemy has buried concerning your breakthrough.
In this journey of life, have you at any time felt that it is over? Are you experiencing the loss of a ground that has held you high in the community or at your profession? Is it becoming clear to you that their will be no way for you to get back to your lost ground? Trust and have hope in God for the grace of the third day that answered for Jesus to become your portion.
If today is your third day or if today marks your third month or your third year, begin to give yourself to hiding in the living word of God.
Romans 15:4 records for all man: “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” If any man will begin to spend time in the word of God as a hiding place continually the agenda of the enemy shall fail. In hiding place that is gained in the living word of God will be renewing the newness of God’s mercy for the grace of glorious third day over your life.
Study to learn and know in the word of God that there is a hiding place in the word of God. Jesus’ three days in the grave was like a hiding place for Jesus to reach the grace of God, the glory of God for all man.
Taking a hiding place in the word of God will not fail. Before Jesus’s journey through the grave as a hiding place, He repeatedly demonstrated for all man’s need to gain an understanding of hiding.
In this wicked world, hiding is not evidence of weakness but applying wisdom. Today, learn and know to hide when there is a reason to hide.
LIKE JESUS, HIDE YOURSELF
Jesus never takes chances not to hide when the situation calls for hiding. Despite the truth that He knows the end from the beginning of His journey through the cross and His assignment, He did not expose Himself to any danger but hide. Matthew 12:15-17 records, “But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great [a]multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. Yet He warned them not to make Him known, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying…” Jesus warned them not to make Him known also warns all today, that the plan of God is fulfilled.
Speak to the month of March, call it: Month of hiding in God.

Prayer for today: Ask for understanding to know and gain hiding in God’s word.