FAITH CAPSULE: Know to commit to no one but the word of God.

Numbers 13

Do you have trust but not hope?
In the journey of life, to have trust but not have hope will not gain the testimony of God.
To trust and hope is the completion to gain the blessing of God.
Jeremiah 17:7 admonishes all, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.”
Are you one who demonstrated trust but could not live with hope?
For example, the Israelites trusted the leadership of Moses to bring them out of the bondage of over a hundred years.
The Israelites saw the miracles of God before they departed from bondage.
The Israelites trusted in God to lead them out of Egypt.
The Israelites failed to demonstrate hope in God.
During the wilderness journey, the children of Israel could not trust and had hope to see in the word of God to take them to the Promised Land. 
They trusted God to bring them out of bondage, but could not demonstrate hope by repeated complaining.
The Israelites complained, confessing their negative feelings, and could not demonstrate hope in God.
Numbers 14:1-2 records the demonstration of the lack of hope of the Israelites, stating, “So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.  And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, ‘If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!”
Having trust without hope will not experience the blessing.
Jeremiah 17:7  clearly states, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.”
Give yourself to the word of God, experience the goodness and mercy of God.
The lack of trust and hope is rooted in fear.
The Israelites were unendingly complaining.
Except for Joshua and Caleb, the Israelites complained and confessed negatively before God.
God responded to the negative confession of the Israelites: Numbers 14:28-30, “As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. Except for Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.”
Know and understand that God is not careless to deliver in His plans and promises when there is no full attention to the conditions to receive from Him. 
Give full attention to the word of God that provokes the blessing of God for those who trust in the Lord and whose hope is in the Lord. (Jeremiah 17:7)

Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you to live life by His word, know to trust and hope in His word.