{"id":6545,"date":"2016-10-03T12:28:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=6545"},"modified":"2016-10-03T12:28:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T12:28:30","slug":"accept-his-gift-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=6545","title":{"rendered":"ACCEPT HIS GIFT"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: <\/strong>Why or what is the reason you are looking into God\u2019s gift to your neighbor?<\/p>\n

1 Samuel 8<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

God knows better, He knows what is good in His giving. Be satisfied with God\u2019s gift in your life rather than looking into neighbor\u2019s gift with envious mind. It is important to be at rest with God\u2019s gift in your life instead of looking into your neighbor\u2019s God gift. The Israelites looked outside of God\u2019s gift that was in place for them. God gave the children of Israel judges to rule over them as a nation while the neighboring nations had kings. Seeing this, the children of Israel wanted a change; the children of Israelites wanted to have king and be like neighboring nations. The Israelites\u2019 looking outside of God\u2019s gift was rejecting what God wants for them. The Israelites approached Samuel the prophet and judge of Israel, \u201c<\/em><\/strong>Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, \u201cLook, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.\u201d But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, \u201cGive us a king to judge us.\u201d So Samuel prayed to the LORD. (1 Samuel 8:4-6)<\/em><\/strong> The request of the children of Israel was based on the fact that they wanted to have king like their neighboring nations.
\nThe Israelites\u2019 request for king in the place of judges before God was not a pleasant one before God. The Israelites\u2019 request was the evidence of their lack of sincerity and loyalty for God that was always answering with best response over their life.
\nAre you looking into your neighbor\u2019s portion rather than looking up to God with thanksgiving for God\u2019s gift in your life? Through Samuel, God responded to the Israelites, \u201cAnd the LORD said to Samuel, \u201cHeed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.\u00a0 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day\u2014with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods\u2014so they are doing to you also. Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.\u201d (1 Samuel 8:7-9) <\/em><\/strong>Why or what is the reason you are looking into God\u2019s gift to your neighbor? Can it be that you are one that is never satisfied? Appreciate God for His entire gift in your life. We are better with God\u2019s gift rather than looking into neighbor\u2019s gift. Accept His gift with lasting appreciation. Reject rejecting God\u2019s gift for in your life.<\/p>\n

Payer for today:<\/strong> Ask God for the grace of lasting appreciation to His hand of gift in your life.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: Why or what is the reason you are looking into God\u2019s gift to your neighbor? 1 Samuel 8 God knows better, He knows what is good in His giving. Be satisfied with God\u2019s gift in your life rather than looking into neighbor\u2019s gift with envious mind. It is important to be at rest … Continue reading ACCEPT HIS GIFT<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6546,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6545\/revisions\/6546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}