FAITH CAPSULE: Commitment to the word of God to become great for His glory.

Numbers 32

Meditating is communicating.
Communicating with God is hearing back and forth with God.
Without communication, there is no continuation with God.
Meditation will enable living His way.
Meditating on the word of God is a responsibility before God that will make one great for God.
Lord God knows the importance of giving oneself responsibly to meditating on His word.
After the death of Moses, God emphasized the importance of meditating, stating, “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.”
Meditating on the word of God is the price to be prosperous.
Prosperous to be successful, as stated by God.
Committing to God will lead to greatness.
Commitment to God is to consign oneself to seeking God with all heart, with all soul, with all strength. Seeking God with commitment, failure shall not be a permanent way of life.
Responsibility is to be committed to the promise of God and not be discouraged by inconvenience in the journey of obtaining His promise. The Israelites could not commit to the promise of God but experienced painful consequences.
The Children of Gad and the children of Reuben were convenient to settle on the East side of the Jordan when God wanted them to cross the Jordan and establish them. Numbers 32: 1-7 documented, “Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock,  the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon,  the country which the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”  Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.” And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here?  Now, why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them?”
God promised a land that flows with milk and honey, but the children of Gad and the children of Reuben wanted to settle for land with only milk. Commitment to the word of God, meditating on the word, will focus on being established in the glory of God.

Prayer for today: Ask to become responsible to God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Wrongdoing is a violation before God.

2 Samuel 6

Doing what is good wrongly in the name of God is an error, and it is also a wrongdoing, as it is a deviation from accuracy, akin to a mistake, in action or speech.
Wrongdoing is a moral offense that can lead to sin or sinning, as a way of life.
It is wrong to violate the word of God when there is conscious or unconscious error before God.
Wrongdoing is despising the word of God.
The Bible makes us realize that, “He who despises the word will be destroyed…” (Proverbs 13:13)
Have you in any way violated or currently violating the word of God?
Pray that the grace of God will open your eyes to avoid or come out of conscious or unconscious wrongdoing.
Before God, no excuse for wrongdoing.
Before God, there is no excuse for error.
An error made can be an avenue for termination.
Wrongdoing can lead to error in what is said or what one is doing.
Ecclesiastes 5:6 warns, “Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands?”
Give yourself attention to your way of life and do not be a victim of wrongdoing.
Before God, Adam and Eve committed an error by believing the serpent enough to eat against the command of God, not to eat from a particular tree in the Garden of Eden. They both violated the word of God by their error (a wrongdoing).
When God showed up (just as He will show up to all), both Adam and Eve attempted to justify their action before God by stating, “Then the man said, ‘The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:12-13) Their excuses were not enough, and God judged them.
The wrongdoing committed by Adam and Eve exposed man to numerous pains today.
Doing what is good wrongly (that is, engaging the heart with a wrong act) in the name of God is an error with no reasonable excuse that will not excuse one from destruction.
Uzzah engaged his heart with a good act, which led to his destruction.
During the transfer of the Ark of God from the house of Abinadab, Uzzah and Ahio drove the cart.
In the process of moving the Ark of God, Uzzah, out of a good heart, committed an act that terminated his life.
The Bible recorded his error, “And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.’ (Genesis 6:6-7)
The act of Uzzah was an error.

Prayer point: Pray not to become a victim of a life-terminating wrongdoing.

FAITH CAPSULE: One God remembered cannot be stopped from moving from where it is stranded.

1Samuel 1

God does not forget anyone.
Do you doubt if God has forgotten you?
No one who is distant from God is indeed distant from God.
Are you thinking that your distance from God is the reason God does not remember you?
What is your challenge that demands attention?
God cares for all.
He is a caring creator and does not sleep.
The word of God states in Isaiah 49:15, “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely, they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.” (Isaiah 49:15)
God does not forget His creation.
God will remember with favor and visit with salvation.
The Psalmist wanted to be remembered, stating, Psalm 106:4, “Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation.”
Evidently, God does not forget.
Over four hundred years of bondage was not enough for God not to remember the Israelites in the hand of Pharaoh and his heart of stone. God remembered the Israelites as stated, “Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.” (Exodus 2:23-24)
God remembered the Israelites and acknowledged them.
One God remembered cannot be stopped from moving from where it is stranded.
The Israelites could not stop their journey to the Promised Land.
God acknowledged the Israelites in bondage, and the hand of God terminated bondage to cease permanently.
Just as God remembered the Israelites, He also remembered Hannah.
Hannah, in the time of the visitation of God, barrenness and mockery ceased.
Hannah could not forget her God, but she went to Shiloh seeking God every year.
The mind that God is far could not deny her going to Shiloh every year.
Are you experiencing challenges with your thoughts that God forgets you?
God does not forget.
God remembered and visited Hannah, “…Elkhanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.”
The remembrance of Hannah, by God, delivered her from mockery into a miracle.
Without a doubt, God is a good God, and there is no evil agenda that can stop God from doing.
God alone will turn mockery into miracle; stagnation into motion to the glory of His Holy name. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Is there any area you are looking to God to remember you in the coming days?
Are you walking in His commands?
Call on God, put Him in remembrance concerning the work of His hand, and He will remember you and visit you with salvation.

Prayer for today: Ask God to look upon you for His visitation.

FAITH CAPSULE: To see God shall enable one to live for His glory.

Numbers 32

Why not desire to find God?
Keep in mind that all exists for God.
One who exists for God needs to find God.
To find God is to see God.
To see God shall enable one to live for His glory.
Failure is impossible not to find (see) God for one who seeks Him diligently.
The word of God informs what it takes to find God.
Deuteronomy 4:29 states, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
To seek God and find Him is not enough.
For example, the world flocks to Sunday service without a heart to find Him.To seek God and find is with the condition that one will see God.
Deuteronomy 4:29 states that you will seek Him, specifying the condition for finding Him.
A specific condition to find God is to seek Him with all heart and all soul.
To find God with all heart and all soul is impossible to fail in seeking God.
Seeking God with all heart and all soul demands consistency rooted in commitment.
Be committed to God as a way of life.
Commitment to God is a responsibility that leads to greatness, to the glory of God.
Responsibility is to be committed to the promise of God and not be discouraged by inconvenience in the journey of obtaining His promise.
What is the promise of God in place for your life?
By your desire, are you seeking what you want, instead of what you need?
God promised the Israelites milk and honey, but they asked for less from God.
The Israelites failed before God by not looking up to God to claim the promise God had for them. (Numbers 32: 1-7)
The Israelites wanted to settle for land with only milk.
Responsibility is committed to the promise and not discouraged by inconvenience.
It was not convenient for the children of Reuben and the children of Gad to move as commanded by God.
The lack of commitment is evidence of irresponsibility.
Without responsibility before God, one will not wholly follow God; will contradict the confession of faith; will consciously or unconsciously look away from God, to give way to the spirit of lukewarmness.
Irresponsible is to discontinue walking in line with God.
So much promise in the word of God, but man often settles for less because of inconvenience, as commitment suffers.
Indeed, not until one is empty of self can one be fully committed as responsible before God.
Elisha emptied himself when he departed from all that could have possibly denied his responsibility.
Elisha got committed to the calling of God.
He followed Elijah to live for the glory of God. (1 Kings 19:19-21)

Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you to live a life of commitment for His glory over your life.

FAITH CAPSULE: Let the word take its place in you.

Psalm 138

How do you give yourself to God?
Acts 6:4 informs all, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
All must give themselves to God continually.
To give to God continually is to seek God diligently.
Do not give God short if you expect to gain more from God.
It is faith that quickens to give unto God.
Hebrews 11:6 encourages, “But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a Giving to God rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
One studying the word of God is not just reading the word of God to gain and retain the presence of God.
The word of God.
The word of God is His power.
Power belongs to God.
Psalm 138:2 informs all, “For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.”
The word of God has the power to heal and to deliver. 
Psalm 107:20 records, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”  
His word is here for anyone who will engage His word for deliverance and preservation. 
Are you still waiting for the word of God to bring forth your deliverance and preservation? 
Hebrews 4:12 states, “For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” 
The word of God, by its power, demands our time. 
Do you give time to study or skim through the pages of His word?
All that is needed most in this world is His word. 
The word of God is for our learning. 
Romans 15:4 admonishes, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” 
Are you spending time studying the word of God or the world? 
For those who are spending time on the word of God, the word of God will no doubt work for those in this world of wickedness. 
Anyone spending time on the things of the world, more than the word of God needs to readjust their time. 
Are you expecting the word of God to answer on your behalf when you have not been giving yourself to the word of God? 
The word of God cannot fail and will not fail. 
The book of Isaiah 55:11 declares, “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.” 
Let the word of God grow your life.

Prayer for today: Ask that the word of God take its place in your life.