FAITH CAPSULE: Today is the day of salvation.

Genesis 6, 7

God testified of man since the days of the Genesis, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” (Genesis 6:5) The days of Noah; the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah, the wickedness of the days of Lot is here meaning that God’s word is true in the early days and in the present today. Luke 17:26-30 recorded the word, “And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.  Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.” The evil days are now again.
Are you paying attention to the warning word of God? Are you paying attention to the signal of the warning encased in the word of God? God does not lie neither does He sleeps.
The truth is that Jesus came to die for our sins so that we all shall inherit eternity. Jesus emphasized that the coming time of judgment is a time that no one knows but only God. Wait on God; do not be a part of wickedness of today. Wickedness of today is busy ignoring Days of Noah part two, the new of Sodom and Gomorrah. God is a long suffering God; God is a gracious God that acts for those that wait on Him. God is truly true to long suffering and patiently waiting. Ecclesiastes 8:11 testified the evidence of God’s long suffering and patient stating, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” 
Today is the day of salvation. Salvation is not to experience but to escape Days of Noah, Sodom and Gomorrah like Lot. Salvation is to escape. It is never going to be too late to give life to Christ. If you are one that is thinking and not accept Jesus as your salvation it might be too late to avoid Days of Noah part two. It is important not to waste grace of God that is waiting to raise you. Today give your life and become a candidate for the Kingdom of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to abide in the word of God so that the truth shall make you free.

FAITH CAPSULE: It is not possible to be living a life centered on God and be a looser.

Genesis 13

Abraham told Lot in Genesis 13:9, “Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me, if you take the left, then I will go to the right; or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left”. Abraham needed a voluntary separation with Job when he made statement of contentment and not allowed grievances with Job. As one that is contented, Abraham sounded like he did not care, but he was counting on the promise of provision that the Lord delivered to him at the beginning of his journey. Abraham was an evidence of man with content. Abraham did not rope himself with love for abundance. Ecclesiastes 5:10 pointed out, “He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase…” Abraham was desired with the promise of God. Abraham did not replace the promises of God with possessions. It is not possible to be living a life centered on God and be a looser. All over the Scripture, there are many giants in the hand of God that lived a contented life with testimonies of greatness through the goodness and mercy of God. He was a man of contentment. He was always letting go all that requires a let go; never struggled with threat of lack and never doubted blessings of provision.
Paul, in his first letter to Timothy, mentioned that, “Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.” (1 Timothy6:6-8) Paul did not call it ‘gain’ but a ‘great gain’. Paul was not just using the power of the word, but was also sharing what his experience has been by living the word of God.
In the journey of life, contentment is like a driver that never mistake but arrive at the expected end. Contentment answered for Abraham, it also answered for Moses. Moses, in his journey to the center of divine center, contentment in him did not allowed derailment. The bible recorded, “Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.  And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.” (Exodus 2:21-22)
In life, to settle with the promises of God demands contentment and denies desire that outruns possessions. When contentment is rooted in godliness of a believer, there will be grace to move forward in the center of God assignment. What is it that you need to let go and allow the hand of God? It is important to know that godliness with contentment is great gain.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of contentment to take charge of your life journey.

FAITH CAPSULE: Take control of the things that you expose yourself to.

2 Samuel 11

Without doubt, what eyes of man feed on the man’s heart will live on. When man begins to set eyes on negativity, man’s heart shall become corrupted. What are you setting eyes on that feed your heart? David, a man after God’s own heart lost control of his heart when his eyes recklessly set on negativity.
It is written, “It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” (2 Samuel 11:1-3) David’s eyes fed his heart when he SAW and BEHELD a beautiful woman bathing. What are you beholding wrongly? David’s heart was not diligent enough to rebuke the negative presentation of the eyes.
What are your eyes feeding your heart? David responded to his eyes as his heart acted, “Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I am with child.” (2 Samuel 11:4-5) Indeed, David committed crime before God when he eventually set-up the death of Bathsheba’s husband (Uriah).
David’s eye fed his heart wrong with evil engagement. David was responsible for the killing of Uriah and took over his wife Bathsheba. David could not hide from God but the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
Take control of the things that you see, do not expose your heart to the ways of self-destruction. Keep your eyes clean to keep your heart pure. Jesus called the eye the lamp of the body in Matthew 6:2, “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” What the eyes feed on the heart lives on. A heart that is kept diligently will be pure. To be pure in heart is to be righteous. To be righteous will identify a believer as one with integrity. A believer with Integrity lives the life for God. The pure in the heart are not wicked and they will see God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable your eyes and heart to keep on positives.

FAITH CAPSULE: Fear God and have in the heart that it is wisdom to know God.

Psalm 103

The book of Psalm 64:9 stated, “All men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider His doing.” Do you fear God as commanded by the word of God? Does your fear of God reflect the life you are living? Proverbs 19:23, “The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; he will not be visited with evil.” Fearing God should not be a one-time engagement but a continuous way of living life. It is wisdom to know and be living life in the fear of God. The Psalmist also pointed out that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10). Samuel spelled out clearly in 1 Samuel 12:24, “Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.” Joshua 24:14 admonished, “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth…” When there is fear of God in the life of a man, there will be every reason to serve Him in truth with the whole heart. Any believer that is serving God with conscious of all the great work the Lord has done will live life with the understanding that indeed there is nothing God cannot do.
Can you think of what God cannot do?
It is foolishness to give up on God for what God can do.
Fear God and have in the heart that it is wisdom to know God. Not to fear God and have in the heart that it is wisdom to know God is foolishness. It is recorded in Psalm 14:1, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God’. They are corrupt, they have abominable works, there is none who does good.’” Where do you stand? Do you fear Him just in the mouth or do you actually fear Him in your heart?
Those who truly fear God takes a position as His treasure. To fear God is taking a position of no distance from God. Psalm 103:11 buttressed, “For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.”
It is grace to be alive. Living life is not a right but a privilege of God. It is wisdom to know that in living life there is nothing that counts most but to fear God. The book of Ecclesiastes concluded with a clear warning stating, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)

Prayer for today:  Ask God to put His fear in your heart so that you will not depart from Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: In the journey of life, breakdown often comes before breakthrough.

Job 1, 2

The bible described Job, “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.” (Job 1:1) Man with the fear of God is set to be complete before God. However, the story of Job was not exempted from experiencing the wicked one. Despite of Job’s faithfulness he was exposed to the attack of Satan but could not be terminated. Job, a man that feared God lost all of his wealth; Satan attacked his health; Satan attacked his character; Job lost His property and children. Above all, his wife and friends ridiculed his faith. In the midst of it all, Job remained persistently faithful and not reviled God.
Job was broken in all area of his life but his breakthrough was intact when God responded to his faithfulness. Job 42:12-15 recorded God’s response to Job’s faithfulness, “Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.  He also had seven sons and three daughters.  And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch.  In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.”
Job was broken down but his breakthrough was upheld by God.
So many were broken before breakthrough in the Bible and all were meant for the glory of the Almighty God. You love the Lord and your walk has been consistently relevant in line with God’s word. Things have changed overnight; you are down, friends can no longer help, and desertions are showing their faces everywhere you turn. You can hardly count on anyone for help and it seems you are the only Christian that is out of place. All that surrounds you is beginning to wonder how long you will go through what you are going through. Complaint, discouragement or self-destruction is not what you need. You need to know that God will see you through if you will keep seeing through with the mirror of the word of God. God has a plan for you. Isaiah 63:14 buttressed, “As a beast goes down into the valley, and the spirit of the LORD causes him to rest, so You lead your people, to make yourself a glorious name.” The point here is that God constantly want to be glorified and make Himself a glorious name. When your breakthrough arrives, He will be gloriously glorified concerning your life. Job is a testimony. God will see you through. You are not alone.

Prayer for today: Ask God, “O Lord my God, look upon me and let me not be a failure, in Jesus’ name.”