Faith Capsule: Acclaimed believer that is living life as a COLD container on behalf of God is a liar.

Numbers 25, John 2:13-22

With no doubt, the word of God is fire and the fire of God is His word. Word of God cannot be separated from fire of God. Jeremiah 5:14 recorded, “Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire…” Jeremiah 20:9 testified, “…But His word was in my heart like a burning fire…” Also, it is written in Jeremiah 23:29, “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord…” As an acclaimed believer, can you testify if the word of God you carry is a burning fire? Acclaimed believer that testifies to be carrying His word in the heart but not burning for God is a liar, a deceiver and is living life as a COLD container on behalf of God. A cold container might be conversant quoting word of God from the mouth but not from the heart. Cold container is not possible to be having zeal for God. Cold container is nothing but, a wicked one loaded with lying, deception and manipulation.
Word of God as burning fire is a driving force behind having zeal for God. The level of a believer’s zeal is the driving force in how a believer seeks God. Invariably, how much one seeks God will determine how much or how often one sees and relate with God. Seeking God casually will not deliver same result compared to seeking Him zealously. Zealousness for God is a proof of man’s love for God. Zealousness for God draws man to God. James 4:8 buttressed, “Come near to God and he will come near to you.” Zeal that is rooted in understanding and knowledge of God shall be fired up by revelation in the word of God which delivers promises which is not common in this world. Maintaining zeal for God is to keep hot love for God. The word of God that is fire is the source of maintaining hot love. (Jeremiah 23:29) Love that is not hot will grow cold because of the wickedness of this world. With cold, zealousness cannot be fired up.
In Jesus, we see what it means to be zealous for the course of the kingdom’s business. The bible recorded, “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.  And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”  Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.” (John 2:13-17) The action of Jesus is a demonstration of Zeal for God. In Jesus’s action we see a principle of fighting a good course for God’s glory.

Prayer for today: Ask for the zeal of God to occupy your life to be living for God’s glory.

FAITH CAPSULE: Worrying in the place of worshiping is one whose worry is god.

Exodus 2

What man worship represents man’s god. What man adore or give reverence to can be a representative of man’s god. What man builds up will actually build man up to become god which man worships. The Maya built jungle pyramids to worship their gods. What are you building up or what is building you that is having a place in your life as god? Apostle Paul admonished, “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.” One that give self or allows the word of God to build self is one that adores God. Word of God commanded, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” (Exodus 20:3)
Worshiping God is the one that truly adore God in His word with reverence in every way of life. Living by the word of God daily is evidence of being faithful before God. Many claims to be having faith but not engaging world challenges faithfully. With honesty, think about yourself, answer to yourself this question: Are you claiming faith or are you one that is actually faith-full (faithful) of God, living as worshipper of God? Romans 10:17 described faith, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” One that adopts self to hearing and hearing by the word of God will be living by the word of God. Worshiping God is the evidence of living by faith.
Habakkuk 2:4 stated, “…the just shall live by his faith.” All that pertains to living life is encased in living by the word of God (living by faith). Ones that live by faith must also see by faith. The word stated it, we walk by faith not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7); we watch, stand by faith (1 Corinthians 16:13); faith purifies the heart (Acts 15:9); we are saved by faith through grace (Ephesians 2:8). Ones that do not live by faith shall live in fear. Faith is not worrying but worshiping God by way of life. Jesus warned against worrying, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:25) One that worries in the place of worshiping is one whose worry is god. Who do you worship?
Exodus 2:1-2 documented, “And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.” Moses was the child could not be killed because of mother’s faith. He was born at a time when every other parent could not see by faith but in fear because of the killing of the Hebrew sons. Moses, having life is the evidence of worshiping God by His word.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be built by word of God, worshiping God by His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: Tongue is responsible for confession what the heart carries.

2 Kings 4

Where there is consecutive of heavy downpour of rain or constant snowfall, man is prone to confessing day as “bad day” What name are you giving or confessing to your day or your season? In confessing negative or positive man should be expecting what is confessed. Tongue is responsible for confession what the heart carries. Bible warned, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. What are you saying to your life?”
With tongue, what are you calling your child, your marriage, your business or your challenging situation? The warning word in the bible is consistent to perform. Man should learn to be conscious and be cautious by paying attention to not confessing death but life in challenging situation of life. Truly, the word of God is written for our learning if man will be giving self to learn in the word of God as prescription for the way of living life. It is written, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” (Romans 15:4)
The lesson to learn for confessing positive in the face of negative is recorded in the story of Shunammite woman. The Shunammite woman had no child and her husband was at old age when Elisha prayed for her to conceived and she bore a son. The child grew and one day he was sick and had untimely death. The woman did not accept death for her son despite the fact that her son was dead. The woman’s husband does not know about challenging situation of son’s death. When husband was curious about his wife’s visitation to Elisha, his question and his wife’s response is recorded in 2Kings 4:23, “…Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.” Woman’s response was positive in the place of negative confession.
The Shunamite woman remained on constant positive confession. The woman’s positive confession was rooted in her heart against doubt as she could not be discouraged by her surroundings. It is worthy to be approaching every day with positive confession in all ways regardless of how negativity lays its trap for man’s going and coming.
Challenging situation under heaven has always been and it will not stop happening but man should learn to begin to keep it in heart that communicating by confessing positive not negative flows from heart. Proverbs 4:23 admonished, “Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life.”
Be confessing positive with no negativity.

Prayer for today: Ask for the word of God to reign and rule over your life.  

FAITH CAPSULE: Get to know God, He is a Father God but not a god father.

Acts 3

God is a good sustaining source for one that will KNOW Him as merciful and gracious God. Looking up to God is giving attention with intention to receive favorable answer. Imagine a lame man from his mother’s womb with no experience of stepping on his leg since he was born. The lame man in his poor situation was only asking for alms. On that faithful day, begging for alms was converted to coming out of stagnation into gaining favorable motion from God. The bible recorded, “Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.” (Acts 3:4-5) With attention, are you looking up to God the good sustenance of man? In every expectation to receive from God, giving attention is a key to experience God’s visitation with answer. The lame man was commanded by Peter to look up for expectation before he gave his attention for favorable answer. In every area of your expectation, looking up to God with knowledge of God is the only way to receive. Knowing God is not knowing about God, knowing God is not looking outside of God by looking for a god father. Looking for a god father after prayer is a diluted faith and is not an evidence of looking up to Father God in time of expectation. Get to know God, He is a Father God but not a god father.
Another lame man heard from Paul and gained a position to receive his healing breakthrough from stagnation unto motion. It is written, “In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.  He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, and “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.” (Acts 14:8-10) In life, get to know God by looking up to God with expectation. Give intention and listen to receive at the visitation of God. The crippled man’s miracle came to life when he heard the healing word through Paul. The word of God will deliver healing to those who listen and hear when looking up to God. Faith to heal is encased in hearing and hearing the word of God. The crippled man heard the word through Paul, and not only did he stand on his feet as Paul spoke to him, the crippled man leaped! You have been grounded for too long. Listen; give attention to for God’s unfailing visitation. By looking up to God, one will sing a new song of deliverance; one will dance to God celebrating His favor and mockery shall be converted to miracle in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace that is privileged of His favor over your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Learn truth in the word of God to know God.

Psalm 46

Knowing God is different from Knowing about God. Knowing God is STANDARD that is set by God for man to gain and retain God’s presence. Knowing God to gain and retain God’s presence is certain not to be a victim of failure.
Knowing God is the evidence of having faith to be doing according to the word of God. Doing according to the word of God is obedience to God. Knowing God is what it takes for man to be consistently constant doing right before God.
Knowing God is serving God pleasingly but not pleasing self in serving God. A failure to do according to the word of God is evidence of not knowing God. Suffering is sad. Man, or acclaimed believer will suffer without KNOWING. Truly, God is a great merciful God. Acclaimed believer that is not living for God as a believer is the evidence of not taking God serious with honor just as prophet does not get honor among His people. Jesus made a statement in line of lack of knowledge which denies man from giving honor to prophet among His people, “…A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” (Matthew 13:57)
Knowing to gain and retain the presence of God is LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW that God is absolutely in charge of man’s life. Without KNOWING GOD, man is set for self-destruction as it is written in Hosea 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” Imagine devastation of lack of knowledge of God’s people?
Supposedly, man in position to know God for doing according to the word of God but not doing according to God’s word shall not possess the promise of God according to His word. For example, it is lack of knowledge that will deny man from answering to God as His priesthood. Priesthood is a calling, a position or a role for God.  What is God’s promise in place for man as His priesthood? 1 Peter 2:9-10 answered to man’s need to know God for claiming God’s promise, “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; ¹⁰ who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”
Learn truth in the word of God to know God. Romans 15:4 admonished, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning…” Above all, there is no excuse not to know God in His word as warned in John 8:32, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Come out of ignorance, be responsible to learn and know God. Answer God as royal priesthood, live life to claim God’s promises.

Prayer for today: Ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His word.