FAITH CAPSULE: Whatever follows you that is not of God wants to deny you for the promise of God.

Exodus 32

THE CASE OF MOSES: ANGER FOLLOWED MOSES
Anger followed Moses to the point that he failed to step on the promise of God.
The evidence of the anger of Moses to kill when he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 
Moses assumed no one was looking at him, so he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. (Exodus 2)
The spirit of anger in Moses prompted him repeatedly not to step into the Promise of God.
Exodus 32:19 records the anger of Moses, “when he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.”
The anger of Moses, in reaction to the sin of the Israelites, caused him to break the tablets written by the finger of God.
The error of Moses stemmed from his anger toward the Israelites, who were crying and complaining about the lack of water.
God commanded Moses to speak:
Gather the congregation of the Israelites.
Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water.
Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together at the rock.
Moses spoke (God did not ask him to speak rudely to the people), “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?”
Moses struck the rock twice with his rod (instead of speaking), and water came out abundantly.
Moses engaged the direction of God halfway, not fully. Half obedience is a full disobedience to the word of God.
Numbers 20:12 records the disobedience of Moses,“Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, ‘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.”
Getting angry in any form or for any reason does not excuse sinning before God.
Moses could not arrive at the promise of God for his life.
FAILURE TO FEAR GOD IS FAILURE TO FOLLOW GOD
FEAR FOLLOWED THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS
Fear that is not of God does not respect or announce or inform before it takes over in the life of its victim.
Imagine the disciples who followed Jesus but eventually demonstrated fear in their lives when Jesus went to the cross.
For example, Peter demonstrated the spirit of fear, crowded his life.
Jesus let Peter know he would deny Him, but Peter vehemently told Jesus he would not deny Him. (Matthew 14:27-50)
Jesus prayed that faith would uphold Peter not to become a victim of fear.
Luke 22:32 records the prayer of Jesus for Peter,“But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”
Without doubt, when faith rises, fear will sink.
The fear of this world will prevent one from fully following God and not arrive at the promise of God.

Prayer for today:  Ask for the hand of God over your life.