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TIME IS IN HIS DIRECTION 

Devotions

FAITH CAPSULE: One waiting on God in time for direction is the answer from God.

1 Samuel 1

The world controls the clock, but God takes control of time. 
Time belongs to God, and nothing the world can do to offset the timing of God.
God will not react or respond by the clock but by His time. 
Do you wait on Him by your time or by the timing of God?
The Psalmist mentioned different ways of waiting on the time of God to receive: 
Psalm 25:5 states,” …On you I will wait all day.” Psalm 62:1, “Truly my soul silently waits for God…” 
Psalm 37:7, “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.” 
Hosea 12:6, “…wait on your God continually.” 
Philippians 3:20, “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” 
The time to wait on God has to be engaged patiently, continually, silently, and eagerly. 
Waiting on God can take longer than expected, but God will always manifest Himself when we wait for His own time and not by the world clock.
Choose to wait on the time of God by knowing to request according to His word of direction. 
God wants all to ask to receive. 
Jesus encourages, “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Luke 11:9) 
The Psalmist applied his request by the understanding of the word, “Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted.” (Psalm 25:16) 
God of salvation will respond to requests rooted in His word with understanding.
Reminding God is not because God has forgotten all.
However, all should know to remind God in faith, not in doubt.
God encourages all by stating, “…and concerning the works of my hands, you command me.” (Isaiah 45:11)
Do you believe in His work to remind Him of the work of His hands? 
The Psalmist reminded Him, “Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and Your loving kindnesses…” (Psalm 25:6) 
God is a gracious God.
God enjoys giving Him attention when He is continually acknowledged by waiting on Him. 
Proverbs 3:6 recorded, “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” 
What do you need from God to be reminded and activated for your breakthrough? 
The statement of Psalmist acknowledges Him, “Good and upright is the Lord; therefore He teaches sinners in the way.” (Psalm 25:8) 
Waiting without acknowledging God shall be like being in anguish.
Hannah understood to request to visit Shiloh without failing to attend with her husband; attending Shiloh is for Hannah to remind God not to forget His children; Hannah understands to acknowledge God is jealous. 
One waiting on God in the time for direction is the answer from God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the strength to be persistent, waiting for the direction of God.

SO MUCH TO GAIN

Devotions

FAITH CAPSULE: There is much to gain and not lose from waiting on God.

1 Samuel 13

Waiting on God is seeking God. 
Waiting on God demands patience. 
Waiting on God is an avenue of resting on God for the manifestation of expectation at the appointed time of God.
God, in His goodness, extends assurance of waiting for those who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18 states, “Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore, He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice.” 
God does not lie. 
God, in His goodness and mercy, will not fail when waiting for Him. 
The assurance of waiting on God to gain His presence states, “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.” (Isaiah 64:4) 
God is the God who acts for the ones who wait for Him. 
Are you waiting on God for direction and deliverance? 
In this wickedness, understanding and knowledge demand waiting on God. 
What is it that will deny you from not waiting on God? 
Lamentation 3:25 assures the goodness of God in waiting for those who wait on Him, “The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seek Him.” 
There are so many benefits to gain from waiting. 
Isaiah 40:31 testifies, “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.” (Isaiah 40:31) 
Journeying in this world demands strength that is obtainable in waiting on God. 
Waiting on God to gain strength will get one to the expected end. 
For one that waits on God, such will walk in the place to run. 
Also, it will be impossible to run where the journey demands walking. Have you been walking in the place to run?
A failure to meditate on the word of God is an avenue to forget His works and not wait on Him.
The Israelites demonstrated failure to meditate and could not wait on God as they wasted away in the wilderness. Psalm 106:13-14, “They soon forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel, but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tested God in the desert.”
King Saul could not wait but failed to get to the expected end of the journey of life. 
Samuel commanded King Saul to wait for a burnt offering. 
King Saul could not wait but wrongly engaged in sacrificial offerings. Samuel responded to the failure of King Saul for not waiting on God, “…but now your kingdom shall not continue…” (1 Samuel 13:14)
King Saul could not wait but failed in the journey of the expected end.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the understanding and knowledge to be waiting on God.

BE COMMITTED 

Devotions

FAITH CAPSULE: Commit to the word of God, living by the word.

Daniel 6

Daniel demonstrates living by the word of God in the face of challenges that demand him to deny His God.
Daniel lived by the word to gain victory over his persecutors.
Daniel 6:7 records, “All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.”  
Daniel did not bow to the law of the wicked.
He stood on the word of God and did not serve or bow to another god.
Daniel survived and did not die in the den of lions.
The word of God is not the word of man to disobey.
The word of God encased the will of God for all to live life for the glory of God.
Meditating on the word of God will enable one to observe and do according to the word of God.
Commit to the word of God to live by every word of God as Daniel did.
Why not live by the word of God with commitment?
Can you commit to the word of God is the power to create and to deliver?
The word of God is still answering like it was at the beginning. 
God sent His word for a purpose, and it does not fail. 
God testifies to His word, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”(Isaiah 55:11)
Have you received the word to believe the word as an answer for deliverance and preservation? 
Understand and know that the word of God is very near to all at all times.
The word of God is healing, deliverance, and preservation.
The word of God does not fail one that will be committed to the word of God. 
Commit to the word of God to experience the visitation of God.
The promises of God are encased in the word of God to be claimed by one that lives by the word of God.
Is living by the word of God your way of life or the walk of the world your way of life?
The word of God is God. (John 1:1)
Hebrews 4:12 states, “…the word of God is living and powerful…”
Psalm 107:20 records, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” 
Apostle Paul could not keep the importance of the word of God to himself alone but endorsed the word as the only builder of all, saying, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”(Acts 20:32)
Commit to the word of God to live by every word of God.

Prayer for today: Ask to enable living life by the word of God.

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD

Devotions

FAITH CAPSULE: It is with envy for the world when engaged journey for the glory of God.

Psalm 8, Jeremiah 32:26-44

No man called Jesus. 
Answering the calling of God and living by direction in His calling is to the glory of God.
Jesus called His disciple, “And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.” (Matthew 10:1)
God called all for glory, not for shame.
Romans 8:28-29 testifies, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.” 
All belong to God, predestinated to live a glorious life.
God knows what He is doing and what He wants for all when he states, “They shall be My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from doing them good, but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.” (Jeremiah 32:28-40)
God calls all out of His goodness and lovingkindness. 
He is mindful of all; He crowns all with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:4-5) Unfortunately, by lack of knowledge, the majority does not know the blessings of His calling. 
Psalm 49:20 buttresses, “A man who is in honor yet does not understand is like the beasts that perish.” 
God calls all for a glorious destiny.
Every child of God has to engage delivery of glorious destiny. 
The journey of glorious destiny departs from iniquity and secures its destination.
Glorious destiny has its foundation in righteousness.
In righteousness, there is the blessing of the Lord, and Lord’s favors surround the righteous as a shield. (Psalm 5:12)  
Do you know what it takes to engage delivery of glorious destiny?
Walking in righteousness is all that it takes to engage in the delivery of glorious destiny.
Among what it takes to walk in His righteousness is by keeping association with the fear of God.
In life, everyone that moves you away from God is an enemy. 
What is attempting to remove you from God? 
Who is that agent of evil? 
Take note communication corrupts good manners. 
Do not commit to the word of life; commit to the life of prayer and watching. 
Believe that it is possible to walk in righteousness. 
If not possible to walk in righteousness, the word of God would not have asked for such.
One that does not believe, such does not become of not believe. 
2 Corinthians 5:21 states, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Believe that our righteousness in Jesus is our glorious destiny.

Prayer for today: Ask for understanding and not miss your portion in God.

MARCH 2023 FAITH MAIL

Monthly Newsletter

LET THE MONTH BE OF LIVING IN THE ORDER OF GOD

The word of God is His order.
The order of God is a precise direction not to become a victim of disorderliness.
Let the new month be your month of walking in the order of God.
One that knows to remember and prepare is in the order of God to gain and retain the presence of God.
Failure not to remember God will not know to prepare to have an encounter with God.
1 Corinthians 14:40 encourages all, “Let all things be done decently and in order.”
Ask: This month, remembering, preparing before God, and keeping His order shall be your portion not to be disordered and be displaced from living to the glory of God.
The word of God is His order, the source of having faith in God.
Romans 10:17 informs all: “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
The character of one with faith is living in the order of God.
HAVING FAITH:
Faith comes by hearing the word of God without ceasing.
Faith will also depart from one that does not give itself, hearing the word of God consistently, continually.
Are you giving yourself to hearing the word of God without ceasing, living in the order of God?
Many are with claim to have faith.
It is not enough to have faith, but one faithful matters and counts, toward living in the order of God.
Knowing about faith is limited, not being faithful, the identity of one that knows the faith, when engaged in giving self to the word of God as a way of life.
So many know about faith but do not know to be faithful and not live in the order of God.
To be living in the order of God is crucial, pleases God.
One living in the word of God is the character of seeking God diligently. 
Living in the order before God is the antidote to disorder.
In every form of the disorder, God does not inhabit.
Hezekiah, the King of Judah, does not have his house in order as Isaiah 38:1 records, “In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ”
In every way of life, lack of order is evidence of the lack of faith that prompts painful consequences.
King Hezekiah turned to God for repentance, and God had mercy on him not to die an untimely death. (Isaiah 38)
THINK OF THIS ABOUT SEEKING GOD DILIGENTLY:
To be faithful is the orderliness to seek God diligently with preparation to engage and experience the presence of God.
Preparation is the demonstration of expectation to experience manifestation.
Preparation is the character of God that will not look away from one that engages in preparation to find Him.
Psalm 147:8 documents the testimony of God with preparation for bringing forth, “Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.”
John the Baptist prepares for the way coming of Jesus.
Mark 1:2 records, “As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.”
At the celebration of Passover with the disciples, Jesus called His disciple into the order for the preparation for a place, “Then he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared; there make ready for us.” (Mark 14:15)
It is faithful for one to prepare, to be ready for the manifestation of expectation.
Preparing before God is the character expectant, evidence of keeping to orderliness.
THINK OF MEDITATING ON THE WORD OF GOD
It is an order to meditate on the word of God with preparation to observe, that is, to see in the word of God and be able to do according to the word /order of God.
God gave the order to Joshua after Moses, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)
Prepare by meditating on the word of God to see (observe) and experience manifestation in the order given to Joshua.
One that is faithful, full of the word of God, is living in orderliness.
Faithful know the word of God to the heart, not just carry the word in their head. 
Acclaimed believers carry the word in their heads, not live according to the order in the word of God.
One with the word in the head, not in the heart, is the character of the wicked one, evidence of living outside of God. (Jeremiah 12:1-2)
What kind of a believer are you?
Luke 18:8 documents, “when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”  
Determination is not enough to live by the word of God. 
Determination failed Peter to deny Jesus three times, but desire and the prayer of Jesus established Peter to live by the order He gained, walking with Jesus.
With desire and prayer to live in order before God, so shall it be.