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.  

FAITH CAPSULE: Fear God by walking in His way.

Job 1

To fear God is rooted in the heart, and to give attention to the word of God.
It is good to fear God.
There is no exception; all should fear God.
God treasures those who fear Him.
“…The fear of the Lord is His treasure.” (Isaiah 33:6)
Fear God by walking in His way.
Living in the fear of God is taking an unfailing position in the journey of life.
To fear God is rooted in giving attention to the word of God.
Keeping the word of God in the depths of the heart is to gain the fear of God.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 identifies for all to live 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 who keeps the word of God in the head with no space for the word of God in the heart?
In life, let the fear of God become 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)
Give your heart to fear God. 
The command of God is for all to fear Him because time belongs to God for His doing. 1 Timothy 6:14-16 admonishes all, “…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 l
God treasures those who fear Him.
To fear God in the heart will have a pleasing life before God.
Have a heart of fear for God to live life for God.
It is the will of God for all to fear God and know to train children who will live life in the fear of God.
Know and understand to fear God in every way of life, the conclusion of the whole matter.
The word of God that speaks to one speaks to all to fear God for the ways of living life as Job 28:28 records, “…And to man, He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding…” Jeremiah 10:7, “Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You. “
Know to fear God. 
Give yourself to prayer that the fear of God becomes established in your heart, not to depart from God. 

Prayer for today: Ask God that His fear becomes established in your heart. 

FAITH CAPSULE: The way of God is in the word of God.

Exodus 33 

With faith, God is pleased with one who walks in Him.
Walking in the way of God is to live a life to the glory of God.
Which way are you walking in this challenging world?
To walk in the way of God is to arrive at the center of divine assignment.
The way of God is in the word of God.
Do you know the way of God to walk in it?
With understanding, walk in the way of God.
The word of God admonished all to ask.
Ask God for His way. 
Moses asked before God, “Now, therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” (Exodus 33:13)
The way of God is direction, deliverance, and preservation. 
Are you asking for the way of God?
With God, there is a way not to live a life of waste.
Ask for the way of God, but do not assume the way of God.
Proverbs 16:25 buttresses, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” 
The way of the world can be a mockery, but not the word of God.
God alone sees all!
Which way is your way taking you to?
Straying from the way of God is a path with no presence of God, the rest of God, which leads to self-destruction.
God answered the question of Moses: “And He said, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14) 
The word of God is God. The word God is His presence that carries His rest. 
The Bible documented the way of God. 
Moses asked before God, and he received an answer in which Psalm 103:7 testifies, “He made known His ways to Moses…” 
Are you asking before God for the way that will give an unfailing answer for the way to engage?
God cannot fail when one adopts His way.
It is impossible to take the way of God and end up in destruction. Evidently, when one goes outside the ways of God, self-destruction becomes a possibility. 
Many ways seem right, but not all lead to life because they are not of God. 
Will you give yourself to search for yourself, to avoid self-destruction?
The book of Proverbs 16:2 states, “All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirits.” 
Will you be sincere with yourself and let God direct or redirect your steps in His way? 
Taking to the way of God is evidence of having faith in God.
With faith, God is pleased with one who walks in Him, His way, the evidence of having faith in Him. 

Prayer for today: Ask that God enable you to live a life that walks in Him.