FAITH CAPSULE: Obviously, where His word becomes rare, widespread of His revelation will cease.

1 Samuel 3

It is written, ““…the word of Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.”  
Today are you taking time to be studying the word of God? Today are you getting to know the word of God but not knowing about the word of God? knowing about the word of God is not the same as knowing the word of God. Knowing about the word of God is not enough to get His revelation in His word. Knowing the word of God is certain to receive His revelation. Many are quoting and singing the word of God but they do not know the word of God. Many sleeps in the church, self-claimed ministers but not God ordained ministers of the word of God are not evidence of the word of God. Self-claimed ministers inside and outside of the church are full of lying, deception and manipulation. Self-claimed ministers are giving false revelations in the name of God whose word are rare to them.
Think of it, how can one that does not receive God’s revelation will be evident of God’s revelation?
Without doubt, the evidence of God in the life of man is the revelation of the word of God.
At a point in time in Shiloh when Eli was the priest, we are made to understand that, “…the word of Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.” (1 Samuel 3:1) The word of God is His presence; God’s communication is His revelation and where there is no revelation, transformation ceases. The journey of life without transformation will lead to termination.
It is only the one who has the understanding for the need of God’s revelation that will consciously seek after His revelation. How is your revelation experience? Revelation from God will bring forth deliverance and salvation will reign. The situation of no revelation in Shiloh called for the return of God. The Lord’s return is His appearance and it took the coming to life of Samuel for revelation to come back to Shiloh. It is written, “Then the LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD (1 Samuel 3:21). God, who appeared again in Shiloh, will also appear again to visit you if you have lost contact with Him. Are you staying away from the word of God but spending time in the wicked world? God is the same yesterday and today. Obviously, where His word becomes rare, widespread of His revelation will cease. He is a faithful God! Call on Him and state your request to Him. The Psalmist wanted to be remembered and to be visited by God. (Psalm 106:5) Undoubtedly, when God remembers or visits, one will be enabled to see the benefit of His chosen ones. Give yourself continually to the word of God and His revelation will not rare from you.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace over your life giving yourself continually to the word of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Challenges do not stop from following Christ followers.

Jeremiah 1

Confessing and believing Christ Jesus as Lord and savior is not without challenges. Confessing and believing Christ Jesus is not an immune from challenges in this wicked world. Jesus our Lord and savior, through His time on the face of earth was in confronting challenges continually. His truth was threatening, His truth is threatening and His truth will forever be threatening. So, as an acclaimed follower of Jesus, why do you not expect challenges? Are you truly propagating the word of God or prosecuting the word of God? It is certain that as one that is propagating the word of God challenges is not far from you. However, as a true acclaimed believer it is certain that you shall surely be delivered. (Psalm 34:19) As a matter of fact, it should never be understatement that, challenges do not stop from following Christ followers. Believing God and answering to His calling will draw the enemy’s attention. However, the challenges of the world today are not enough to tag life as difficult. As a believer that knows Jesus as Lord and savior, confessing that living life is difficult is a wrong and a negative confession.
Propagating the word of God with truthful heart is following Jesus truly. The word of God pointed out the consequences of following Him and what will answer for true followers as stated, “Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:32-33) As a follower of Christ, expect to be scattered but know to remain in Him and His peace shall be your portion. Tribulation (challenging forces) will come to His followers but becoming an overcomer is certain.
As a true follower of Jesus, know it and believe it is a great privilege of God that He has called you just like He called Jeremiah. God spoke to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) It was God that called Jeremiah not man. Being called by God is not an evidence to be free from encountering challenges but an assurance that challenges shall not prevail and the called shall overcome. Despite the truth that Jeremiah was called by God, God spoke to him that “They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”” (Jeremiah 1:19) Among challenges is the enemy’s fight against man. However, God promised that He shall never forsake the called in time of challenging confrontation.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God to keep you in following Him without failure.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do not be careless but be careful to move only in the word of God.

Jonah 1

The word of God is His command. God’s command is His way. Proverbs 19:16 admonished, “He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is careless of his ways will die.”  In the command of God, His way will guide man to arrive at expected end without failure or destruction. Are you keeping His commands that sounds in your life for self-deliverance and to shape a man’s destiny in this wicked world? Is it your ways that you are keeping instead of His ways? It is important not to look over the word of God as His command in every step of life.
Jonah made choice to place his way over the way of God by disobeying God’s command. Jonah 1:1-3 recorded, “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. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.” Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet of God (2 Kings 14:25) could not make the choice for God’s command but made the choice of his way. Jonah’s careless response to the word of God caused him to be stumbled and took a position of self-destruction. Regardless of any challenging situation, Jonah’s business was to obey as commanded by God alone.
It was God Himself who called Moses out to go and lead the children of Israel out of the bondage that lasted over four hundred years. Moses was careless not to be careful to the word of God. He reacted to the rebellious act of the children of Israel towards God. Moses took it upon himself to strike the rock instead of speaking to the rock for water. Before God, no excuse will excuse man from answering to God’s command. There was no excuse for Moses before God when he took to his word. God responded to Moses, “…Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” (Numbers 20:12)
Do not be careless to God but be concerned and not be corrupted in responding to God’s command. Disallow your concern; allow His command for you to become established in His command. Regardless of your stand before God, remain careful and not be like Prophet Jonah and Moses a great man of God who were careless but not careful to move in the word of God. At all step of your life consistently attend to God and God will give you unshakable attention.

Prayer for today: Ask God for grace to be walking in His way all the days of God’s given life to you.

FAITH CAPSULE: Among ways existing for God is worshiping God by doing good that gives Him glory.

Luke 10:25-37, Revelation 4

Revelation 4:11 stated, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.” The key will of God is: man is to exist for God. Angel worship God non-stop. Man (as God’s creation) exists for worshiping God. Among ways existing for God is worshiping God by doing good that gives Him glory.
Always, at all time, is it in you to exist doing good for the glory of God?
Bible recorded, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” (James 4:17) The need and the importance for us to be doing good as we engage living life cannot be emphasized enough. Think about the statement that, if knowing to do good and not do it is a sin, knowing to do good and doing it must be a blessing. In the book of Galatians 5:22, doing good is listed among the fruit of the spirit, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.” Many scriptural passages emphasized the importance of doing good. Romans 12:9, “…Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” 1 Thessalonians 5:15, “See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:13, “But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good.” Hebrews 13:16, “But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”
Jesus identified an example to be a good one in the parable of the Good Samaritan. In the parable, a stranger from Samaritan saw another stranger from Jerusalem who fell among thieves; badly wounded and was stripped off his clothing. The Samaritan could not walk away like others before him did but he engaged the stranger from Jerusalem and spent his resources to make sure the stranger from Jerusalem received proper medical attention. Jesus our compassionate savior referred to the good doing of the Samaritan stating, “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.” (Luke 10:33) Doing good is having compassion. Compassion is the heart of Jesus. Evidently, it is godly to be doing good.
Are you a believing believer or you are an unbelieving believer? As a believing believer, make the choice to consciously have mind of doing good to the glory of God. Be constantly concern for doing good. As a believing believer become care active where caring for good calls for. know fully well that what you are doing is in the name of God and for the glory of God. To be concerned for others is heaven acknowledgeable and it is blessing provoking. Gain the understanding that doing good glorifies God.

Prayer for today: Ask for God’s grace to be doing good for the glory of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Deny distraction to deny doubt in the promise of God for your life.

1 Samuel 13

Promise of God is power to deliver. God is not a talkative or loquacious God which His word returns void to Him. Are you holding to the promises God in His word with negative? Delay in the promise of God is not to be denied but delivers at an appointed time of God. Doubt is what denies man from claiming God’s promise. Affliction can be a challenge. The word of God promised, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19) In your challenging affliction, take to the unfailing promise of God as stated, “…but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
In life, what a man observes will determine what a man sees to receive. Do you observe to see and receive in the promise of God? God promised the children of Israel with the Promised Land. God’s promise wanted to deliver them out of bondage of over four hundred years for their fulfilment of better life. The Israelites came out of the bondage of Egypt as a package of the promise of God to take them to the Promised Land. However, on the journey to the Promised Land, the Israelites unpacked from the promise to bring them to the Promised Land. Focus was shifted to the Egyptians attempt to deny their escape and bible recorded, “…the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptian marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.” (Exodus 14:10) The Israelites behold their enemy and fear took over the Israelites. What are you beholding as your focus? Beholding the challenges of life will hold back man from moving forward in life. A believer that sees in the spoken word of God which does not fail is enough to eliminate negative in time of challenges. God is abundantly able.
Saul’s win against Philistines battle was in the promise of God through Samuel. King Saul was commanded to wait for seven days in the face of intimidating challenge. King Saul could not wait and Samuel came stating to Saul, “What have you done?” Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash, then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord.’ Therefore, I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”” (1Samuel 13:11-12) Saul could not deny distraction; the Israelites lost their focus against their enemy. Are you opening for doubt that is the agent of distraction which denies God’s promise in man’s life? God is able, allow the promise of God to preserve and promote you at all time.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to always see in the promises of God to overcome your challenges.