FAITH CAPSULE: It is understanding that prompts the knowledge of God.

John 1

Life is a journey, and it is a privilege of God to be alive this far.
With understanding, one will know that God is merciful to have brought one this far.
It is understanding that prompts the knowledge of God.
Live for God.
To know God is to live for God by studying the word of God.
Living for God continually shall not be a waste, but live life for the glory of God.
The character of one who understands shall experience the hand of God.
With understanding is:
TO FEAR GOD
WAITING ON GOD
MEDITATING THE WORD OF GOD
TO FEAR GOD
Understand God, know to fear God!
Among the experiences of knowing to fear God are:
Deuteronomy 4:10, “…Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
Psalm 25:12-14, “Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses. He himself shall dwell in prosperity, and his descendants shall inherit the earth. The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.”
Psalm 34:7 “The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.” 
Grow in understanding God, and learn the word of God to allow the fear of God to become a priority. 
With a desire to understand God, prayerfully ask God to enable listening to God continually.
Understanding that fear, God walks with God. 
WAITING ON GOD
Understanding to wait on God patiently will lead to walking with God.
David testifies, “I waited patiently for the Lord, and He inclined to me and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:1)
When God inclines to one that waits on Him, such shall walk with Him, walk before Him, walk in Him.
Isaiah 40:31 states, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
The understanding of God walking with God, and not running in the place to walk or running instead of walking.
Walk with God by waiting before God to gain wings as an eagle, and not be careless in the journey of the New Year.
Also, waiting on God is a walk with God that acts. 
Isaiah 64:4 testifies, “For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.”
With understanding, wait on God to experience God walking with you because He waits for those who wait on Him.
Prayerfully ask to meditate on the word of God, the source of growing understanding of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God, in His mercy, to enable you to gain more understanding of Him.

FAITH CAPSULE: With understanding, know that power belongs to God.

Daniel 3

Live for God to provoke the power of God for your deliverance.
In the power of God is preservation.
Understanding the power of God continually activates living with a knowing edge, navigating in the world of challenge.
God is the Almighty, in a position to reverse the irreversible.
God alone cannot be late to extend His delivering power to those who look up to Him.
The only thing that God cannot do is “God cannot fail.”
Revelation 7:11-12 testified, “All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: ‘Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
In the above testimony, power is among all that belongs to God.
The power of God is not the power that belongs to man.
The power of man will disappoint, but the power of God does not fail nor sleep off to deliver.
The three friends of Daniel demonstrated the power of God that does not fail nor sleep.
The three friends of Daniel demonstrated their surrender to the power of God over the rule of Nebuchadnezzar.
The three friends of Daniel refused to worship a gold image, resulting in the death penalty in a burning fiery furnace.
They did not struggle but only responded, stating,“…our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” (Daniel 3:17-18)
Power passes power.
God alone carries all that understands His power.
One who understands the power of God, in the depths of the mind, will never be forsaken by God.
Understanding the power of God for deliverance is living with expectation for the manifestation of His power.
In this life, get to understand, know the truth of God, live in truth, and the power of His truth, and He shall make you free. (John 8:32)
The three friends knew the truth as they refused to bow down to a gold image.
Jesus is the truth; He is the living word of God.
God sent His word to deliver. (Psalm 107:20)
Jesus, the living word of God, testified, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) Power is the word of God.
In the fiery furnace, Nebuchadnezzar saw power that passes power as he stated, “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” (Daniel 3:25)
Listen, live life with submission to God, and He will not disregard you.

Prayer for today: Ask today for the grace to live the word of God in every walk of life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Enable me to gain more understanding.

Psalm 119:134-169

Following God is characterized by living (existing) to the glory of God.
Revelation 4:11 records the reason why all should live for God that creates all, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.”
It is the WILL of God for all to exist (live) for Him.
Knowing how to live for God does not happen by accident.
The crucial key to living for God is rooted in UNDERSTANDING.
Understand the word of God.
Evidently, it is the understanding one possesses that will determine how far to go in living for God.
One with an understanding of the word of God will know of having an edge in life, to excel for the glory of God.
WITH UNDERSTANDING:
One who gives to the word of God will gain understanding and become built for God.
Apostle Paul says, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up…” (Acts 20:32)
Give yourself to the word of God!
Disengage from the world that can not build you up for God.
Noah received the word of God for his ark.
With understanding, from the word of God, Noah prepared against imminent destruction. 
The wife of Lot disobeyed God by disengaging from the word of God to experience self-destruction.
Quoting the word of God or living as an unbelieving believer is not evidence of understanding to build up for God.
Let studying, not just reading the word, build you for God.
Pray for the understanding of God in your life.
WITH UNDERSTANDING
With understanding, know that the word of God is not a story but a secret.
Psalm 91:1 buttresses, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
Seek God diligently to find Him in His word.
Study the word more than reading.
There is power in the word of God.
The devil approached Jesus with temptation, but the word of God delivered Him. (Matthew 4:1-7)
Live by the word of God.
The word of God is irrelevant and does not count for unbelieving believers.
To carry the word of God in the heart is power, unlike in the mouth.
Pray to live by the word of God, the character of giving oneself to the word of God.
WITH UNDERSTANDING
Understanding is to live by the word of God.
Many claim to be believers, but the majority are not living by the word of God.
Are you a believer or an unbelieving believer?
When the living word of God gains entrance, such shall be full of light, not to be a victim of the darkness of the world.
Psalm 119:130 records, “The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.”

Prayer for today: Ask that this season, understanding the word of God, shall become established in your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Understanding will give peace of God.  

Philippians 4

It is understanding that prompts knowledge.
Do you have an understanding of the word of God?
One with an understanding of the word of God is bound to gain a knowing edge.
Understanding the need for wisdom is with knowledge.
Wisdom, understanding, and knowledge are like a puzzle and cannot be separated to gain a clear picture of life.
No one should miss any of the packages to get well in all going.
Jesus asked and answered rhetorically.
John 8:43, “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.”
Understanding is important.
Listening is crucial.
Listening is gaining a knowing edge.
Take note that listening is not just about hearing, but it is about hearing repeatedly.
Hearing repeatedly is the actual process of listening.
What is listening repeatedly is to have a knowing edge, the character of having faith.
Indeed, one who listens will have faith.
Romans 10:17 states, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Having faith is listening and becoming one with understanding.
Understanding will give peace of God.
One with peace of God is with the character, not being a victim, not gaining an edge (knowledge)
Understanding is important.
It is a must to have understanding.
Psalm 14:2 records, “The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God.”
Having an understanding to gain knowledge is crucial to navigating safely in the wicked world.
Hosea 4:6 reports, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” 
Do you have an understanding that prompts knowledge?
The acclaimed believers get destroyed when and where they should not because they lack knowledge.
Many reject knowledge of a lack of understanding, disregarding the hand of God.
His people did not embrace knowledge to give regard to the works of God. 
Psalm 28:5 states, “Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them and not build them up. 
With a lack of knowledge, one is set for destruction and is also a candidate for captivity.
Isaiah 5:13 states, “Therefore my people have gone into captivity because they have no knowledge; their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.” 
Lack of knowledge leads to captivity. 
God has made available wisdom that is His word. 
The wisdom of God is full of conditions and promises that will enable His children to have an edge over challenges and not be destroyed or go into captivity if His children give regard to His wisdom.
For example, having a way where there is no way, standing and not falling on the ground where others fall, can be described as having a knowing edge.

Prayer for today: Ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His word to keep you from destruction.