FAITH CAPSULE:  When God calls you with promotion, He will put people in a position to dress you and not reject you. 

2Kings 9:1-13

When God calls one, such shall be elevated to arrive at the divine assignment for the glory of God.
For example, Jehu was only a commander in the army of Ahab at the time God called Jehu to become the King of Israel.
God is the caller of mine without permission to call one as He pleases, regardless of the status of anyone He calls. 
Before the calling of Jehu, there was no prior announcement or qualification for the calling of Jehu.
The calling over the life of Jehu was not by the way of the world but by the way of God.
In the calling of Jehu, there was no indication of what the calling was for Jehu. 
In the life journey, your elevation will come just like it went and located Jehu. 
It was business as usual when Elisha sent one of the prophets to go and anoint Jehu with oil as the King of Israel. 
2 Kings 9:2 records, “Now when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his associates, and take him to an inner room.” 
Jehu rose from among his associates to become the head among his associates. 
The calling of God at the appointment of His time cannot deny or derail the call.
Interestingly, Jehu did not pray to ask for the calling over his life.
Jehu was not with the idea of the calling of God.
Jehu did not struggle or take any stand of opposition before the anointing came unexpectedly to lift him above and beyond his associates. 
The calling of elevation over the life of Jehu was from God, and his associates could not resist nor reject him as the King. 
Have you received the calling of God unexpectedly when not expected to be called the King of Israel?
When God calls you with promotion, He will put people in a position to dress you and not reject you. 
God will be for you in answering His calling.
2 Kings 9: 13 records, “Then each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, “Jehu is king!” 
Jehu did not only receive dressing but was announced with the blast of trumpets and with a loud announcement of his new position. 
Are you wondering if you will ever rise above and beyond where you are now? 
God is a great God.
He is still in the business of extending favor, mercy, grace, and blessings. Let no situation or condition dictate to you or discourage you from what you can become or what you cannot become. 
God, the lifting lifter, will lift you above your associates in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to give attention to God by studying His word.

FAITH CAPSULE: All challenging stories are changeable for good.

Judges 11

Jephthah the Gileadite had a but in his life that reduced him before his world, not before God.
Jephthah was a mighty man of valor but a son of a harlot. 
Jephthah was chased out of his father because he was born by another woman. 
Jephthah was in a situation that was not called for by him. 
The challenge of Jephthah was outside of his control.
He was billed to pay for what he did not bargain for. 
Are you paying for what you did not call for?
Are you experiencing any similar situation to Jephthah? 
Life has ups and downs.
Life demands wisdom and knowledge of God, not to live a life of waste.
Life is a journey.
The journey of life demands unfailing faith and patience.
Faith with patience is like the key to the ignition vehicle of the life journey.
Wait, watch, and see what the Lord will do to your case. 
Regarding Jephthah, after being chased out by his people, the children of Israel came back to him for help. 
When God intervenes, the situation will change for the glory of God.
During the confrontation with the enemies, the children of Israel needed a commander. 
The elders of Gilead had to go and seek Jephthah for help.
Can you imagine how your story will change for the glory of God? 
The book of Judges 11:6 records, “Then they said to Jephthah, ‘Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.’” 
Whenever your world condemns you, God has His way of redeeming you.
Jephthah became a hot commodity. 
Jephthah was a son of a harlot.
He was driven out by his brothers, now being sought to be a leader. Jephthah responds in Judges 11:7, “So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?” 
The same God set up a situation for Jephthah to become redeemed by getting a call from his people.
With his calling, he rose above and beyond where he was before being expelled.
God is in a position to always turn the story around for His name.
The name of God should become glorified over the life of anyone He brings up.
God can never be too late or too soon.
God will show up in your situation at His divine timing. 
Jephthah the Gileadite accepted the assignment to deliver victory for his people over the enemies.
The children of Israel were victorious by the leadership of the rejected one.
Jephthah did not just lead as a commander but became the head because of victory over the enemy by his hand. 
Jephthah the Gileadite had a but in his life that reduced him before his world, not before God. 
Your story will change for good to the glory of God. 

Prayer for today: Ask that your story will change for good to the glory of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Are your challenges more than what Job experienced? 

Psalm 34

Challenges will come and go.
There is no one with an excuse not to experience challenges.
Challenges can be persistently painful. 
No challenge is beyond the deliverance of God.
Trusting the name of God should not be limited to when there is no challenge. 
The name of God is worthy to be trusted at all times as a strong tower that the righteous run to and are safe. (Proverbs 18:10)
Job, during his days of unimaginable challenges, declares, “Though He slays me, yet will I trust Him.” (Job 13:15) 
If Job can trust God during his challenges, what prevents others from trusting Him? 
Are your challenges more than what Job experienced?
Challenges will come and go.
Give thanks to God for all He has done and will do.
Regardless of the challenge, know to have a heart purposed for God.
HAVE A PURPOSE FOR GOD WITH PRIORITY
To answer as a believer, not living by the word of God is not with a purposed heart for God. 
Daniel had a challenge.
Daniel was a young captive taken away from his people and land. 
Daniel 1:8 records, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself…”
Daniel purposed, resolved, and persisted not to defile himself by engaging in that which is not of God. 
Purpose with priority to live life for God by walking with God.
Consciously, consistently, let your purpose be your custom way of life before God.
Daniel did not live a life of waste. He purposed with priority and walked with God.
The challenge Daniel could not deny him from walking with God was not to become a victim of a wicked world.
THE WORD OF GOD IS POWER TO CALM THE STORM
Challenges will come and go.
An unexpected or expected storm is a challenge that will calm.
Power is an authority in the word of God.
One living by the word of God is with power.
Challenges such as windstorms shall respond to specific authority to gain peace over challenges.
Over your windstorm, pray with understanding, not play religion by making noise over God, not listening to hear back from God.
Jesus spoke with authority, “…Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” (Mark 4:39)
Living life by the word of God is the position to operate with authority.
Deceiving to manipulate the world is not a position to operate the authority in the word of God.
One seeking God will carry the mark of a righteous one.
Righteous one should be an expectation for deliverance in all challenges.
Psalm 34:19 encourages, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”  
Keep in mind, know that challenges will come and go.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to walk with God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Have you been exposed to any delay attempting to keep you quiet at where to cry out?  

Mark 10:46-52

The multitude is the agent of discouragement, denial, and delay.
The challenges that are keeping one down want to keep one quiet. 
One that remains quiet where there is a need to cry out for help, stagnation will become the identity of such. 
Blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was an example of not being quiet where there is a need to call out loud. 
Blind Bartimaeus was at the right location to receive his sight when the multitude attempted to keep him quiet. 
Bartimaeus was at the juncture where Jesus went by, but a great multitude was also in place. 
The multitude is the agent of discouragement, denial, and delay. Bartimaeus refused to be quiet, “When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.” (Mark 10:47)
The crying out of Blind Bartimaeus was an example of what persistence can do against every agent of the wicked, which destroys and deny breakthrough. 
The more he cried out, the more the forces were to keep quiet, not to experience healing visitation.
In life, there are times of need that calls for being quiet in waiting for God to move. 
Also, sometimes call for crying out loud to God. 
When a believer remains quiet at the time of a need to cry out, the multitude will take such a believer for a ride and deny a breakthrough. Bartimaeus must have been very loud. 
The noise of Bartimaeus made Jesus stand still and commanded him to be called up by Jesus (Mark 11:39). 
The multitude that was out to keep Bartimaeus quiet was the same multitude that eventually called him out for Jesus. 
The multitude did not just call on him; they recognized what was about to take place by calling him and saying, “…be of good cheer. Rise He is calling you.” (Mark: 10:49)
Have you been exposed to any agent of delay attempting to keep you quiet at where to cry out? 
What one can do is ignore the multitude and keep on crying out to Jesus. Crying out to Jesus will gain the attention of His visitation. 
Just like Bartimaeus, calling unto Jesus will cause the caller to rise above every blind challenge and every force that is in place to keep one grounded. 
Bartimaeus could not be quiet from gaining his healing deliverance by the multitude but cried to gain a new garment to replace the garment of blindness. Bartimaeus rose and went to Jesus.
It is never too late to cry out and have the garment of shame, the mark of stagnation, give up in life. 
When Jesus hears your cry, you will rise and move out of shame and stagnation.

Prayer for today: Ask not to be shut out of healing visitation.

FAITH CAPSULE: Looking up outside of the intervention of God is committing to the world.

Psalm 121, Isaiah 45:14-25

Revelation promotes expectation, and with the expectation, there will be a manifestation. 
In the testimonies of the Psalmist, there is always enough revelation for every believer. 
The Psalmist testifies in Psalm 121:1-2, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD Who made heaven and earth.” 
Where do you look up to in times of any need for help? 
Are you looking up because others lookup? 
Looking up outside of the intervention of God is committing to the world.
John 2:24 encourages Aall not to commit to no one stating, “But Jesus did not commit Himself to them because He knew all men,”
Do you consciously lift your eyes to the hills, or are you looking up accidentally looking up with no expectation for manifestation? 
The deliberate and conscious act is a demonstration of understanding. Understanding what is activated is what produces results. 
Do you know what to get when you look to the high place, the enthroned of God?
In looking up, there should be an expectation to contact the face of God. The Psalmist is the one that also said in Psalm 34:5, “They looked up unto Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed.” 
An encounter with the face of God will bring all that one needs to travel along the path of life without any agent of the wicked terminating such journey to the expected end. 
John 3:31 records, “He who comes from above is above all…” 
Why look away from above? 
There is only one God, and He is the One that is above all. 
The Word of God encourages, “Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.” 
Looking up to God is a meaningful and power-packed approach that is not with consciousness among most believers is a waste. 
Jacob was with consciousness with expectation for manifestation.
Jacob, while on his way after moving from Laban, wrestled with an angel, and he gave the testimony of his encounter in Genesis 32:30, “So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” 
Jacob had an encounter face-to-face with God, the testimony to their experience preservation. 
The face of God is what all need to encounter in the life journey. 
An encounter with the face of God will carry one through, and such will pass over every force in life. 
Paul the Apostle prayed in 2 Timothy 4:18, “And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen! 
Every journey demands not to take off eyes from looking up to God that is above.  

Prayer for today: O Lord my God, I ask for strength that enables one not to look anywhere else but only at you.