{"id":11997,"date":"2025-06-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=11997"},"modified":"2025-06-06T16:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:40:19","slug":"do-not-be-reduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=11997","title":{"rendered":"DO NOT BE REDUCED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0<\/strong>In your calling, do not be reduced before God<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>1 Chronicles 4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey in life is to arrive at a divine assignment of God, not live a wasted life.<br \/>God is the perfect God with an assignment for everyone.<br \/>Are you aware of the calling of God over your life?<br \/>The calling of God is to engage a divine assignment.<br \/>When God calls, a failure to obey the direction shall pass unto failure and not arrive at the calling of God.<br \/><em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:24<\/strong><\/em> admonishes all, <em><strong>&#8220;He who calls you\u00a0is\u00a0faithful, who also will\u00a0do\u00a0it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>God is not a slave master but a saving God who does not force one to obey, but consequences are in place for disobedience to the word of God.<br \/>What is reducing one from answering fully to the calling of God?<br \/><strong>WHAT REDUCES TO DENY ARRIVAL AT THE CALLING OF GOD?<\/strong><br \/><strong>WRONG DECISION<\/strong><br \/>Among the forces that can prevent the promise of God is making the wrong decision outside of God.<br \/>For example, Uzzah was a victim of a wrong decision and died a sudden, untimely death.<br \/>Uzzah wrongly put his hand on the ark of God against the command of God that no one should put their hand on the ark of God. <em><strong>(2 Samuel 6:6)<\/strong><\/em>The violation of Uzziah was an unintentional error that cost him his life.<br \/>God had warned His people that not even the Levites could touch the holy objects of the Tabernacle, and the death penalty was in place for violators <em><strong>(Numbers 4:15<\/strong><\/em><br \/>The error of Uzzah was not enough of an excuse before God when his action led to death.<br \/>There is no reasonable excuse for disobedience to the word of God.<br \/>However, the blessing of God for deliverance does not exclude disobedience.<br \/>The disobedience will receive the peace that surpasses understanding for repented ones before God.<br \/><em><strong>Philippians 4:7<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong>admonishes, <em><strong>&#8220;The\u00a0peace\u00a0of God, which\u00a0surpasses all\u00a0understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Watch and pray consistently, and do not become a victim of wrong decisions.<br \/>Engaging in error is carrying forgiveness of sin before God, which weighs the sinner down.<br \/><strong>WRONG MADE ON BEHALF OF ONE CAN REDUCE NOT ARRIVE AT THE CALLING OF GOD<\/strong><br \/>Any decision made on your behalf can reduce you.<br \/>The name given by parents can reduce arrival at the divine assignment of God.<br \/>What does your name mean?<br \/>Calling a name repeatedly is like prophesying to such.<br \/>Jabez was not his choice, but his mother named him.<br \/><em><strong>1 Chronicles 4:9, &#8220;Now Jabez was more honorable than\u00a0his\u00a0brothers, and\u00a0his\u00a0mother\u00a0called\u00a0his\u00a0name Jabez, saying, &#8216;Because I bore\u00a0him\u00a0in pain.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>For example, what are you being called and answering to?<br \/>Agnes means pure, Elizabeth means consecrated to God, Joseph means may the Lord increase, and many other names answered to are the force that marks one to become reduced.<br \/>The name of Jabez, which means bore in pain, marked him in pain until prayer answered for a change in his life to become increased out of that which reduced him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today: <\/strong>Pray not to live outside of the calling of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0In your calling, do not be reduced before God. 1 Chronicles 4 The journey in life is to arrive at a divine assignment of God, not live a wasted life.God is the perfect God with an assignment for everyone.Are you aware of the calling of God over your life?The calling of God is to &hellip; 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