FAITH CAPSULE: A failure to hear and see in the word is the evidence of not rising to one’s deliverance and preservation.

Exodus 14

God has not stopped speaking to us through His living word in the pages of the bible if we will listen to hear, see and rise in His word. After the separation of Abraham and Lot, God said to Abraham, “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.” (Genesis 13:14-15) The word of God is living. His word is not just a letter it gives life. (2 Corinthians 3:6) When it sounds in our direction and we are able to see the spoken word and rise to what is being said to us, we are set to shine for the glory of God. God will always bring His word to pass and we should always arise and see in the word so as to receive and shine in His word. The word of God is light. Today, if you will hear and see in His light, rise and embrace the light of God which cannot be hidden you shall shine for His glory. The word of God should be like a mirror which we need to look into for us to see what is being said for our direction to deliverance and preservation. A failure to hear and see in the word is the evidence of not rising to one’s deliverance and preservation.

The Israelites came out of the bondage of over four hundred years but yet Pharaoh closed them up at the Red Sea. As a result, fear took over, negative confession flow out of their mouth, “Then they said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.” (Exodus 14:11-12)  The Israelites were trapped with no way out for their escape. At that juncture of their life, there was a need for them to see God in action. Moses spoke the word of God, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” (Exodus 14:13-14) In hearing the word of God they were able to see and rise to access deliverance from Pharaoh. Evidently, God fought their battle and they never saw the Egyptians forever as promised in the living word of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to always hear and see in His word of deliverance and preservation.

FAITH CAPSULE: Like Joseph, have you been called and sent by God without you knowing?

Genesis 41

When God calls to send you, self-control shall be out of one’s own control.
When He called Joseph, he became a slave; he could no longer move at his own will or control. He came under obedience to authority he could not control. When He calls, one will enter a position to learn the kind of obedience which adds humility to one. Jesus, our Lord and savior learned obedience through the things which He suffered for. (Hebrews 5:8) When He sends you, there will be the experience of chain, pain and iron that restricts one’s move.

When He sends you, there is no control over time and timing in your journey. The time to journey through and get to the center of one’s divine assignment is in the hand of God. It does not matter how long it takes nothing interferes with His timing. The Bible pointed it out that until the time God’s words came to pass for Joseph, there was no way out for Joseph. Joseph began journey at age 17 (Genesis 37:2) and time to complete was at age 30 (Genesis 41:42)
When one is answering to the calling of God, one becomes timeless. Joseph’s attempt to come out before God’s time was a failure. Joseph attempted to come out when he pleaded to the butler (whom he interpreted his dream) to remember Him for help. Butler failed at Joseph’s expectation until God’s appointed time. (Genesis 40:12-15)

All that which represents failure; delay; mockery; stagnation; embarrassment; ridicule; to be lied against are passages in the journey of life which leads to the center of divine assignment. Those passages are also testimonies which enhance one’s assignment in life. In Joseph’s calling, the bible repeatedly identified the source of Joseph’s empowerment to the center of his assignment stating, “But the Lord was Joseph and showed him mercy and He gave favor” (Genesis 39:210)

Just like Joseph, have you been called and sent by God without knowing that you are in journey to the center of your divine assignment? God is ever faithful to back the called ones up in their journey.
Test which comes along in the journey to one’s center of divine assignment is what will give birth to a glorious testimony in the life of ones that faithfully remain faithful by looking up and trusting God for direction in their journey. Joseph did not know what was transpiring in his life from the start of his journey. As much as he was a man that dreams or interpreted dream, there was no iota of understand or idea of where he was going and how to get there. More so, noting testified that he rebel or engage complaint against God through his journey.
Joseph kept his pace and his peace could not be altered and he arrived at his center of divine assignment.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will not walk where you need to run and not run where you need to walk.

FAITH CAPSULE: He will never leave you broken if you answer faithfully.

Genesis 37

When God calls to send one, one becomes a candidate for His blessing.His calling will break you at the initial stage but will no doubt turn to blessing when obedient is in place.The ones He breaks are meant to be blessed. His breaking comes along with blessing. (Jesus broke and blessed the bread of life) He will never leave you broken if you answer faithfully. When He calls help will be in place if the called one makes the choice not to look away from His help.
The calling of God does not come without challenges (challenges that are enough to cause the called one to crumble comes along with calling) Regardless of challenges, there is promise to see he called one through in His calling. The word of God promised in 1Thessalonian 5:24, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”

When God calls you, He will set you up and He will back you up to arrive at the center of your divine assignment if you will focus on His faithfulness. When God calls there be no prior arrangement; there be no announcement before calling; there be no baggage to hinder or slow down one’s move. Above all, in His calling, breaking comes before blessing. God called Joseph and he was broken before he was blessed. Joseph was answering to the calling upon his life without knowing that he was.

At age 17, Joseph was answering to Jacob’s (his father) errand when he entered the path to his center of divine assignment. Jacob spoke to Joseph, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.” (Genesis 37:14) From the moment Joseph went answering to Jacob’s errand he wandered into the journey of his life without prior preparation or idea of what he was getting into.

The book of Psalm 105:17-22 shed light on the truth that Joseph’s journey was an answer to God’s plan and purpose without his knowing. Joseph had no preparation that takes him into his journey. It is written, “He sent a man before them—Joseph—who was sold as a slave. They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons. Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him. The king sent and released him, the ruler of the people let him go free. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions, to bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.”
God is awesome by virtue of the operation of His hand. Have you been called with you knowing? Your calling shall come and God shall back you up.

Prayer for today: This month, God will cause you to rise and you shall have a change of position which glorifies God over your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: The Word requires all of our being to serve Him.

2 Chronicles 26:1-23

To know God is to trust Him. Trusting God is seeking God. The psalmist buttressed, “and those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.” (Proverbs 9:10) Seeking God is the reason why we have life. It is important to know and to have understanding of the Lord God we serve. Psalm 14:2 also stated, “The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God.” Are you one that truly seeks God?

God is not a slave master but a Saving Master. His word commanded, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:5) Is He your God? If He is your God, know that you shall love the Lord ‘your’ God. Evidently, the command is not by force it is for any one that accepts Him as Lord God. The standard requirement for loving Him is, loving Him with all our being. The Word requires all of our being to serve Him. Loving God with all your being, engage Him constantly and allow your heart to be pure before Him (Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Matthew 5:8). Ones that seek God with all heart, with all soul, and with all strength, will heed Him. God does not lower the standard of expectation if man falls short of His command. It makes no difference how often one attend church seeking God demands knowledge and understanding. When man is not right with man, man cannot be right with God. In seeking God, there is so much to gain.

Uzziah sought God at the beginning and not able to seek him through when he was king. As a result of Uzziah’s incomplete seeking God, the later life of Uzziah was a disappointment. The word stated in 2 Chronicles 26:5, “He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.” In seeking Him, Uzziah gained prosperity and was established. When he departed from seeking God, he entered into affliction. He became out of tune with God and turned to the world. Disappoint your adversary by holding on to God’s appointment for your life. Let not your story become like that of King Uzziah. Seek the Lord God with all your being.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to seek Him diligently regardless of any situation.

FAITH CAPSULE: God cannot be rushed out of His plan of salvation.

1 Kings 19

Are you one that runs before making a decision to ask God if you are to run or not? Whenever challenges come like a flood, it does not matter who you are in the Lord but it matters wait in trusting God. Elijah executed the prophets of Baal at Brook Kishon and Jezebel the wife of King Ahab threatened to do the same to Elijah. Elijah did not receive the news well but responded to run without seeking God. It is written, “But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die…” (1 Kings 19:4) As a believer, when we are faced with challenges we should dress up in faith and avoid hasty decision. Waiting on God does not lead to wasting away. The bible encouraged us about waiting in Isaiah 40:31 stating, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run” Also, waiting on God is trusting God. To put our trust in God is to have taken a position under a shield which never fails. Proverbs 30:5 buttressed, “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.” God responded to Elijah’s running with a command stating, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD…” (1 Kings 19:11)The command for Elijah to stand is waiting for God to show up. Are you experiencing a similar situation, where you have taken run where walking is the solution to be stable?
While Elijah was standing on the mountain waiting for God, “…the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.” (1Kings 19:11) Trusting God does not intimidate God to respond at our own timing. Trusting is waiting till He answers regardless of the magnitude of challenge. God cannot be rushed out of His salvation plan. God did not show up in the great and strong wind neither did He showed up in the earthquake or fire. God’s time of visitation cannot be controlled by man. Time of the year is not too late to continue to trust God by waiting for your expectation to be manifested. Engage praising God when it seems too late to hear from God and He will raise you above and beyond your expectation while you praise Him.
Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you in His righteousness.