FAITH CAPSULE: Responsibility builds up relationship with God.

Genesis 3

God made man and He gave commands to man. God’s commandment is His word. The Word of God is for man’s responsibility before God. Man should be responsible before God by obeying the word of God to build up for greatness. Paul the apostle buttressed, “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.”
Responsibility before God leads to relationship with God. Responsibility to be living righteous will be accounted for man before God just like Abraham. James 2:23, “…Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.” Abraham was responsible as a result, he had relationship with God.
God gave Adam word for his responsibility when He said, “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17)
Adam was not responsible in the word of God when he moved by Eve’s irresponsible conversation with serpent (devil). Genesis 3:1-3 recorded the conversation between serpent and Eve, “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
Irresponsible is having conversation with serpent instead of communicating the word of God. Eve’s conversation with serpent (devil) was lack of responsibility which broke up Adam and Eve’s relationship with God. With no longer relationship with God Adam and Eve were sent out of the Garden of Eden.
Jesus demonstrated the need for man to be responsible before God by communicating the word of God with devil. Just as serpent approached Eve with conversation, devil also approached Jesus with conversation. Jesus responded to devil by communicating the word of God instead of conversation with devil. Matthew 4:1-4 recorded, “ Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
With Jesus’ responsibility before God, He responded to devil with written word of God not in conversation. Eve responded to serpent in conversation. Devil is cunning we are to engage the word of God instead of conversation when devil comes with temptation.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be living by the word of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is wrong for negativity in the place of positive.

Numbers 13

What are you thinking in your heart? Are you positive about the promise in the word of God or you are negative about the promise in the word of God? The Israelites received the promise of God but could not receive the word of God to heart with positive but negative. God spoke to Moses, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, everyone a leader among them.” (Numbers 13:2-3) In God’s message the only condition for the Israelites to claim the promise of God was to go and spy out the land. There was no need for doubt; there was no need to be afraid but to rest in the promise of God that never fail.
A living word of God is direction, deliverance and preservation for any man with simple heart of reception. In life, a simple direction with a stony heart of reception will bring forth failure and self-destruction.
Have you received promise in the word of direction from God? All His directions are simple because He that gives direction is the One who will also see you through by His grace. Spies went and checked out the land and they brought back a negative report. Giving a negative report of His promise was a demonstration of lack of faith. Spies reported negative against the promise of God stating, “…The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are great men of great stature. There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we are like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we are in their sight.’” (Numbers 13:32-33) All the people who received and believed negative report despised the promise of God. In every word of God apply understanding not to receive or confess negativity. In every step of life, regardless of challenges it is worthy to speak life instead of death. Possess and gain entrance into God’s by seeing through His word and not through the word of man. What God promised to do is a done deal.
What man thinks about negatively transfer to the mouth for negative confession. Jesus warned, “…For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Matthew 12:34) Apparently, it is not possible to perceive good in the heart and profess evil with the mouth. In the face of any situation, take the word of God positively, confess positive and not be a victim of negatively. Watch what is being communicated through the mouth. The book of proverbs cautioned, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 8:21) Take the word of God as life.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be constantly confessing positive.

FAITH CAPSULE: Today, put aside all that are not of God but responsibly pursue all that draws man to God.

1 Timothy 6

In life, what is desired to pursue is with the purpose to achieve. Pursuing with purpose demands investment of responsibility. What is it that you are pursuing to achieve for yourself under heaven? Why not responsibly pursue God to become great to the glory of God?
Pursuing God is not by force but a responsibility which is a choice to find God and become great to the glory of God. This wicked word demands unwavering responsibility. If any man desires to be great there must be responsibility to willingly put aside the world for the word of God. Today, put aside all that are not of God but to responsibly pursue all that draws man to God. 1 Timothy 6:11 rightly stated it, “But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.”
Righteousness: Doing as commanded in the word of God is pursuing to find God. Deuteronomy 6:25 buttressed, “Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.”
Man, is to put on righteousness like cloth as the price of responsibility before God. Job said it right, “I put on righteousness, and it clothed me…” (Job 29:14) Responsibility is indeed a price for greatness. David was great in the hand of God and he once testified his righteousness, “The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness…” (2 Samuel 22:21) With responsibility, to be living righteous will be accounted for man before God just like Abraham. James 2:23 testified about Abraham’s righteousness, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called the friend of God. God is not partial, He is faithful to His word. Be responsible, be righteous like Abraham and God will extend your greatness to you.
Godliness: In this wicked world of today it is irresponsible not pursue God instead of pursuing God to become a godliness. Today, many inside of the church that are conversant in the word of God are liars, deceptive and manipulative. Many conversant of the word of God without godliness are only having a form of godliness but lack of the power of God.
2 Timothy 3:5 referred to wicked ones, non-lovers of the Lord but conversant with the word of God stating, “having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! We are to be responsible pursuing God by living godliness with the evidence of power of God in our life.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of responsibility to pursue God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Responsibility is the price to get answer from meditating and committed to God.

Numbers 32

Meditating the word of God is a responsibility before God that will make man great for God’s glory. Lord God knows the importance of giving self responsibly to meditating His word. After the death of Moses, God emphasized the important of meditating His word to Joshua stating, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” Meditating the word of God is the price to be prosper and have a good success as stated by God.
Commit to God:
Commitment to God is a responsibility that will lead to greatness. Commitment to God is to consign self to seeking God with all heart, with all soul, with all strength. Seeking God with commitment, failure shall not be a permanent way of life. Deuteronomy 4:29 encouraged that seeking God is to find God as stated, “…you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Responsibility is to be committed to the promise of God and not be discouraged by inconvenience in the journey of obtaining His promise. The Israelites could not commit to God’s promise when they made choice of convenience. The Children of Gad and the children of Reuben were convenient to settle for East side of the Jordan when God wanted them to cross the Jordan and establish them. Numbers 32: 1-7 documented, “Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock,  the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon,  the country which the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”  Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.” And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here?  Now why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them?” God promised a land that flows with milk and honey but the children of Gad and the children of Reuben wanted to settle for land with only milk. Responsibility is to be committed to God’s promise and not be discourage by inconvenience. It was not convenience for the children of Reuben and the children of Gad to move as commanded by God.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be responsible to Him

FAITH PRESCRIPTION: Ask with understanding to know how He is going with you.

Judges 6

In your endeavor, do you know if God will go with you?
Moses, despite is experiences and promises of God for him, he needed to know for sure how God was going to go with him. Moses asked from God, “Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” (Exodus 33:12-13) Moses asked from God without doubt and he asked with no complaint.
How are you asking from God to know how He is going with you?
God responded to Moses’ question, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” God is a good God that will answer when His children knows to ask with understanding.
At a point in time, the Israelites were suffering in the hand of Midianites. While Gideon was in the business of preparing to hide from the hand of the Midianites, the Angel of the Lord showed up to Gideon saying, “…The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!”(Judges 6:12) Gideon responded to the word of God stating,  “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.” (Judges 6:13)
Just like Moses, Gideon was not in doubt but was asking with understanding. With humility, he wanted to know if he was competent enough to be God’s servant as the choice for God’s calling. Gideon was so humble when he responded to God’s assurance stating, “…O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” (Judges 6:15) Gideon’s last response prompted God to Gideon with promise that was certain stating, “…Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.” (Judges 6:16)
What a good God we have? Our God is a glorious God that will not neglect His children; God will not neglect children that knows how to ask with understanding. God is forever in position for anyone that will wait on Him. God’s promise will not fail if man will pass by obeying Him fully. With signs and wonders He will go with His children.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be asking with understanding.