FAITH CAPSULE: A lie of years is exposing able in a day.

2 Kings 5, Acts 5:1-11

There is no small lie or big lie.
A liar is a deceiver, a manipulator. 
Have you been getting away with lying or perfecting and deceiving others for so long?
Have you convinced yourself that lying and deceiving others is not of God? 
Lying and deceiving can be destructive to the one telling lies as a way of life.
To be telling lies to deceive others reigns outside of the church or inside of the church. Acts 5:1-2 records, “But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” 
There is no indication that Ananias and Sapphira had to sell their possessions, and it was a demonstration of a voluntary move to sell their possessions. 
So, why lie? 
Are you a believer that will lie, fake, or deceive to get attention or to impress fellow believers? 
In life, every conduct of man is not hidden from God but accountable before God. 
Peter knew that Ananias and Sapphira were lying, faking, and deceiving. The Bible records, “But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?’” (Acts 5:4) 
What is worth doing for the Lord is worth doing truthfully in truth. 
Ananias and his wife might have engaged with good intentions but lying as their garment exposed them naked and set them away from the presence of God. 
The Bible states in Acts 5:5, “Then Ananias hearing these words fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things.” 
Lying to deceive others took the life of Ananias and Sapphira. 
After the healing of Naaman, Elisha refused to accept gifts from Naaman. Without any direction from Elisha, Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, deceitfully went after Naaman to tell lies, “My master sent me to say, ‘Two young men from the company of the prophets have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’” (2 Kings 5:22) 
Gehazi accepted a gift from Naaman outside of the direction of Elisha. Elisha knew about doing Gehazi.
Elisha responded to the deceptiveness of Gehazi, “…was not my spirit with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or to accept clothes—or olive groves and vineyards, or flocks and herds, or male and female slaves? Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow.” (2 Kings 5:26-27) 
Whenever lying and deceiving others go unnoticed for years, it will only take one day for the truth to expose the years of telling lies. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver and preserve you from the spirit of lying.

FAITH CAPSULE: Do not derail by any force to arrive at the calling of God. 

Genesis 39

God alone created all for His glory and His honor. 
Revelation 4:11 testifies to God, the Creator of all, for His will, “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.” 
What is it that you do not understand about God? 
God alone is the Almighty, the Ancient of days, the only Eternal Creator. 
1Timothy 6:15 describes God, “…He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords.” 
God alone is above and beyond all, and Psalmist states it clearly, “The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever.” (Psalm 29:10) 
God is the unchanging changer that will make and unmake. 
God alone is in the position to reverse the irreversible. 
The calling of all belongs to God.
God creates all for a purpose to live life before Him while having the breath of life.
His calling comes with the process, for His purpose over the called ones.
The calling of God over your life must be connected to God continually by dwelling and abiding in His direction to answer the calling of God obediently.
In the journey of life, where are you today?
Consciously or unconsciously, your journey can lead you into the center of the divine assignment of God for you.
The calling of Joseph is an example of unconscious answering to the calling of God into the journey with an unknown and painful route to arrive at the divine assignment of God. 
The calling of God broke Joseph before the manifestation of the blessing of God over his life.
Joseph answered the calling of God over his life without knowing the journey ahead of his life.
At age 17, the answering of Joseph to Jacob (his father) was the route of God for his divine assignment. 
Jacob said to Joseph, “…Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks and bring back word to me.” So, he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.” (Genesis 37:14) 
The answering to Jacob led Joseph into the calling of God without prior announcement for Joseph.
Joseph was at 17 years (Genesis 37:2), and he could not see his beloved father Jacob until he was over 30 years of age. (Genesis 41:46) 
Joseph engaged in the calling of God.
Joseph became SLAVERY with PRICE that turned to PRIME MINISTER.
Regardless of where you are today, do you know if you are answering the calling of God?
In answer to the calling of God, Joseph could no longer move at his own will.
Joseph came under an authority that he could not control. 
Know that the called one into an unknown route will learn to wait on God, to become obedient to God.

Prayer for today: Ask not to fail to answer the calling of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: One that does not know God is not possible to fear God. 

Give your heart to fear God. 
The command of God is designated to occupy the heart of all, to fear God to live life for God.
1Timothy 6:14-16 states, “…that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be
honor and everlasting power. Amen.” 
Will you give your heart to fear God?
One that does not know to understand God, it is not possible to know God.
One that does not know God is not possible to fear God.  
With a desire to fear God, prayerfully ask God to deposit in you to have a heart/mind for Him.
It is true of God that gives to one with desires to live life for His glory. 
The word of God promises all, “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.” (Jeremiah 32:29)
God treasures those who fear Him.
To fear God is with wisdom and knowledge, the source of stability, the strength of salvation. Isaiah 33:6 testifies, “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times and the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.” 
God treasures it when feared by His creation.
Fear God by your way of living life.
One that is living life, knowing to fear God, is taking a position to provoke the mercy of God.
To fear God is rooted in giving attention to the word of God by inclining the ear to be keeping the word of God in the heart, not just in the head.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 points out the need for all to be living life by the fear of God, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.”
Are you one that keeps the word of God in the head with no space for the word of God in the heart?
Give your heart to the fear of God. 
In life, let the fear of God become your character, your identity before God. 
The fear of God is the identity of Job before God as God testifies, “there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still, he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.” (Job 2:3)
One that fears God in the heart is with the character that pleases God.
Have a heart of fear for God to shun the evil not to have a place in the heart.

Prayer for today: Ask that the fear of God becomes established in your hearts and not depart from God.

FAITH CAPSULE:  To be humble is a priority to live life for God.

Philippians 2

God gives grace to the humble.
Pride closes the door to spiritual growth, but humility opens the door to experiencing more of the grace of God. 
Humility before God is to become one with patience, peace, and gentleness.
The fruit of the Spirit grows in the soil of humility. Humility is the key to spiritual growth.
Paul identifies the character of humility, “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.” (Philippians 2:3)
Humility is also: meekness, servility, unpretentiousness, submissiveness, self-abnegation, humbleness, and compassion.
Humility means letting God take charge of your life.
A humble person is not proud and does not believe that better than other people. 
Humility before God will confess sins to the Lord, give up burdening, and be willing to leave it at the cross. 
The disciples of Jesus asked: “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Jesus called a little child to come to Him and chided them, saying: “Whosoever … shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:1, 4).
The opposite of humbleness in character is pride and arrogance.
Know humility, identify the opposite of humility and not let it be your character.
Humility is the key to being free from pride or arrogance.
Proverbs 22:4 records what the word of God says about humility: “By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life.” 
BE HUMBLE BEFORE GOD THAT SEES ALL
With humility is the ability to obey the word of God.
Life is a journey.
In your life journey, humility will declare your heart/mind before God.
God wants all to be humble in life, not to miss heaven.
One that is humble will be obedient to the word of God.
What is your heart/mind like before God?
Are you an acclaimed believer of God or an unbelieving believer?
As an acclaimed believer, what kind of heart/mind is yours before God?
Philippians 2:5, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” 
The mind of Jesus is the mind of obedience, a total submission to the commands of God with no iota of disobedient as Philippians 2:8 records, “And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.”
The word of Jesus points out that one with the mind of humility, like a little child, will not miss heaven. Matthew 18:2-4 states, “Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”  
What stops you from having a humble mind to live obediently by the word of God? 

Prayer for today: Ask to become humble and be established as humbled one all the days of your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Suspend pride to submit self to wait on God. 

Luke 15:11-32

Pride can be of one looking away from God into self with the assumption of ability with no need for the intervention of God.
Deny pride, to wait on God.
Waiting for the appointed time of God will experience the act of God.
Psalmist encourages, “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Psalm 27:14) 
To rest on God is knowing to wait on God.
Psalm 37:7 speaks to all, “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.” 
One that cannot rest on the promises of God is not possible to wait on God.
Why not wait for God? 
Time belongs to God.
The parable of the prodigal son (the lost son) testifies that the prodigal son entered a state of lack because he could not wait on the appointed time of God. 
The prodigal son was in place to gain much by waiting but nothing to gain for not waiting for the appointed time.
The prodigal son was younger with no respect but asked ahead of his older brother.
Pride is nothing but silent evidence of self-centeredness.
The prodigal son asked for and received his portion of the inheritance from his father before the appointed time. 
Having received his portion, he engaged on a journey to a far country. 
The prodigal son could not wait but wasted his inheritance. 
The parable Jesus gave is not a play write-up; it is to place His written word in the life of believers. 
In life journey, waiting for an appointed time can be painful but would eventually be gainful for those who persevere in waiting. 
The inability to wait is the avenue to waste as the prodigal son engages in the journey.
Luke 15: 13-14 records, “And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land and he began to be in want.”  
In life, walking out of the timing of God is walking into a self-destruction avenue.
It is true that no one ever complained of falling or stepping into grievous mistakes while waiting on God.
Today, give attention to what the word of God states in Psalm 37:34, “Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it…”  
The word of God does not lie.
No one can break down the word of God from manifesting.
God will act for those who wait on Him. 
Is pride driving you against waiting for God’s appointed time?

Prayer for today: Ask for the mercy to be waiting on God in all areas of life.