FAITH CAPSULE: God is in absolute control of man’s life.

Genesis 37

God is in absolute control of man’s life and nothing is able to hide from Him. Joseph journeyed from pain to gain which was empty pit to prime minister. Joseph started journey of pain when his father sent him out to check out the wellness of his brothers. However, when his brothers spotted him at far they conspired against him to kill him. In the place of killing Joseph, Reuben suggested placing Joseph in empty pit. Joseph’s journey from pain to gain was written for our learning to be encouraged in God’s absolute control. It is written, “So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. ²⁴ Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.” (Genesis 37:23-24) God was in position with absolute control when Joseph journeyed from empty pit into chain as slave; from slavery to prison and later promotion from prison to the position of prime minister of his foreign land of Egypt.
From pain to gain was the story of Job. Bible described him, “There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. ² And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. ³ Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.” (Job 1:1-3) Job was right before God but wrong enough before Satan to ask for his life. Job was not beyond deliverance and protection of God from his pain in the hand of Satan. However, it was painful for Job when he lost everything to Satan but was gainful when God restored him back with abundance. It is written, “And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” (Job 42:10)
Moses was raised in the palace of Pharaoh where abundance was in place. In his effort to run from Pharaoh’s reach after killing an Egyptian on behalf of his Hebrew brother, he ended up in desert (at Midian).  God saw Moses’ through his adversary but he was unknowingly in training as shepherd for God’s people. Where you are going, you do not know. Today, you only know about where you are now. Are you paying attention to God?
Character was in place in the life of Moses. It is written, “Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.” (Exodus 2:21) 1Timothy 6:6 buttressed the importance of contentment, “Now godliness and contentment is great gain.” With contentment, Moses was in place to engage the calling upon his life.

Prayer for today: Ask God to add with you all it takes not to miss God’s calling over your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Stop snubbing God in your way of living life which God has given you!

Jonah 1

There is no better way to describe iniquity before God and not waiting on God as snubbing God. Are you one that iniquity and not waiting on God speaks to you?
SNUBBING GOD IS INIQUITY BEFORE God. Job made us to realize it that, there is no hiding place for iniquity as stated in Job 34:22, “There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.” It is impossible to hide from God when man engages iniquity.
Jonah was an example that snubbed God and could not hide from God. When God calls one, it is important for one to rest in God’s direction knowing that God does not call anyone to hide away from Him. To hide from God’s calling is snubbing God just like Jonah did. To hide from God is turning back to God by walking away from the presence of God.
Despite Jonah’s hearing from the presence of God could not stop him from snubbing God. It is written, “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord…” (Jonah 1:1-3) In snubbing God, Jonah was substituted into fish as recorded in Jonah 1:17, “Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” Before God, there is no where workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
SNUBBING GOD IS A FAILURE NOT TO BE WAITING ON GOD: Not waiting on God is snubbing God. One that does not remember God do not wait on God. The Israelites could not remember the works of God; Israelites could not wait for the wonderful counsel of God to take charge over their life. It is written, “They soon forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel, but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert.” (Psalm 106:13-14)
Ones that does not remember God does not give regard to consider the works of God. It is written, “The harp and the strings, the tambourine and the flute, and wine are in their feasts; 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; their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.” (Isaiah 5:12-13) When there is no regard to the word of God there will be no regret for not doing God’s word. The Israelites snubbed God to become substituted from God’s Promised Land to wilderness Journey of forty years where twenty years above were terminated. (Numbers 14:29)

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace not to be a victim of walking against the word of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Snubbing the word of God is snubbing one’s glorious destiny.

1 Samuel 13

Looking unto Jesus is focusing on Jesus by not to snubbing Jesus for what He has done and what He is doing for man’s salvation. Hebrews 12:2 said it all, “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” It is a choice to gain and maintain focus on Jesus by not snubbing Him.
Works of God are created by His word. Seeing God’s works is like hearing from God yet man is not focusing on God but snubbing God. Psalm 75:1 testified, “…For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.” Paying attention to God’s creation wondrous works by His word is focusing on God to hear Him, not snubbing directions in God’s word. Focusing on God by not snubbing God’s word is engaging a glorious destiny. Apparently, disengaging God’s word is snubbing God for self-destruction. Snubbing the word of God is snubbing one’s glorious destiny.
Among experiences of snubbing God for glorious destiny are written for our learning through the pages of bible.
SNUBBING GOD WILL SUBSTITUTE MAN BEFORE GOD: Snubbing God’s word is to become substituted from God’s ordained position for one’s life. Eli snubbed God when he failed to restrain his children that were despising direction of God. Sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the Lord. (1 Samuel 2:12-17) Eli’s snubbing of God was revealed as stated, “Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. ¹² In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. ¹³ For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. ¹⁴ And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.” (1 Samuel 3:11-14) Before God there is no excuse for snubbing God directly or indirectly. Under heaven, nothing goes pass God without Him seeing all. Eli did not train his sons to restraint them from violating God. Eli snubbed God and was substituted with Samuel by God.
King Saul repeatedly violated God’s directions and God substituted him with David as king. Saul’s unlawful sacrifice by engaging burnt offering snubbed God. (1Samuel 13:1-15) Through Samuel, God directed King Saul to utterly destroy and attack the Amalekites but he was unwilling to utterly destroy Amalekites against the word of God. Eventually, King Saul snubbed God’s word and God substituted him with David as king.

Prayer for today: Ask God for His grace not to snub His word in all your walks.

FAITH CAPSULE: Counting on God will keep man from courting on magic devises agents!

Isaiah 46

Gain understanding in the word of God to know that truly miracle is not magic. One expecting for manifestation should give self with expectation to the miracle of God instead magic. Miracle is simply a wonder and God alone is the wonder working God. Miracles are of God, Miracles lasts forever and it runs deep. Just as worship is opposition to worrying so is miracle to magic. Miracle belongs to God while magic is of the evil one. Magic is a devise of the enemy. Magic glitters and it will only last for a moment.
Seek magic for manifestation of one’s expectation is seeking a substitute for God. It is wrong! It is wrong to liken God for another god. Isaiah 40:18 warned, “To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?”  God for Today, just like in the past, seeking for manifestation concerning expectation in the place of magic is substituting God magic
Do not substitute miracle of God for magic. Without doubt, man that does not liken God to any other is certain to count on God. Counting on God will keep man from courting other means which will always lead to self-disappointment to become discouraged in life. God is real as it is recorded in Isaiah 46:5, “To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal and compare Me, that we should be alike?” Counting and courting God is the only avenue not be a victim of magic devises in this wicked world.
Despite not being able to see manifestation of self’s expectation in the physical is not enough for discouragement. With counting and courting on God is the evidence of getting close to God’s miracle. Disallow magic and devices of devil’s agent from coming close to a place in your life. Magic will fail! In physical, no matter how result of magic glitters, waiting on the miracle hand of the Almighty God is the only way of receiving from God. Also, one that give self to God will definitely receive from God’s hand.
Pharaoh was counting and courting on magic to deny Israelites from going to serve the Lord at the request of God through Moses. It is written, “So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just as the LORD commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.” (Exodus 7:10-11) The magic worked for Pharaoh’s magicians but could not match against God.  Any power demonstration outside of the name of God is a failure.
Allow the manifestation of miracle by following through the way of God and not a way which seems right. God’s way out from bondage is the miracle but not a magic way.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to keep you from magical snares of this wicked world.

FAITH CAPSULE: A set mind for God purposes for God’s glory.

Daniel 1

As an acclaimed believer, making choice to set mind on the things of God will be set on things of God, before God. Setting mind in the things of God will establish one for the glory of God. In the word of Apostle Paul, by virtue of his experience we are to gain understand and knowledge as stated in Colossians 3:1, “If you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.” Have you given your life to Christ by accepting Him as your Lord and savior? From today, desire, seek for the grace with mindset to be raised and be sitting in the presence of Jesus.
In the same chapter, Apostle Paul gave a clear understanding to show that the only way to be able to seek things above will be established above and not established on things which are on the earth. Setting minds on things of earth is opening door for the evil one to come occupy one’s life. In one’s life, the heart of man is the battle ground which the enemy wants to capture. A captured mind is a trapped mind in things which are not of God.
A set mind for God purposes for God’s glory. God. Daniel being a young captive set himself for the glory of God when he purposed for God. It is written, “Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” (Daniel 1:8) Setting mind for things above is to be purposely fix against any distraction.
A mind that is set will not be found without constant Meditation in the morning, day, and night will set one’s mind in the above, with God. Are you willing to set your mind on things that are above where Christ is? If yes, by God’s grace, laboriously, “put to death your members which are on earth such as fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which is idolatry” (Colossians 3:5). With man set there is a need to put off anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of mouth is also included. In the place of putting off the members that are of this earth (the old man), there will be putting on of the things that are of God; characters that represent He that is above. Apostle Paul identifies such characters as, tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering (Colossians 3:12). Above all of this is love and allowing forgiveness to reign and rule in the heart of God’s word. Constantly setting mind to seek the things above with Christ will deliver one from becoming a waste.

Prayer for today: Ask for grace to have a mind set for God as you desire.