FAITH CAPSULE: Call for the attention of God this year.

Mark 10:46-52

Crying out to God will gain the attention of God.
Do not shy to cry out for the attention of God.
Know that crying out to God is not evidence of weakness but communication with God.
The Israelites cried out to God, “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.” (Exodus 2:23)
After the bondage of over four hundred years, the cry of the children of Israel provoked the attention of heaven for their deliverance.
God is a prayer answering God, and it could be that the children of Israel did not realize that they were in bondage until the King of Egypt died. Nevertheless, their cry out to God brought them out of bondage.
Jonah needed to cry out to God due to his self-created challenge rooted in disobedience.
Jonah 2:1-2 records, “Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly. And he said: “I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, and He answered me.  “Out of the belly of Sheol, I cried, and You heard my voice.”
Jonah, a prophet of God, put himself into affliction when he disobeyed the command of God.
God called on Jonah, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD…” (Jonah 1:2-3)
Is there any disobedience in your path of life that can cause pain?
God listened and heard Jonah despite his disobedience. Will you cry by opening your mouth wide for the mercy of God due to your disobedience of God’s calling?
Crying to God is a way to gain His attention.
David, a man after God, cried out to God for His attention in the face of his challenge.
David testified, “In my distress, I called upon the LORD, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears.” (Psalm 18:6)
Cry out to God in times of distress.
God was not a partial God to deny the crying of blind Bartimaeus.
Mark 10:47-48 records Bartimaeus crying out, “And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”  
The blind man Bartimaeus cried out to Jesus.
At his crying, there was no one in place to keep him quiet.Do not be quiet to be denied from gaining the attention of God for your deliverance.

Prayer for today: Ask for the mercy of God not to be a victim and not to gain the attention of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Your running away from God is over.

Exodus 4

At the calling of God over the life of Moses, for the deliverance of the Israelites, Moses could not block his ears to avoid answering to the calling of God.
Moses had no way but repeatedly refused God with different excuses, claiming incompetent in answering the calling of God.
Eventually, Moses answered a series of the callings of God, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.” (Exodus 4:1)
God answered each of the questions of Moses with an answer to encourage Moses.
Moses responded to the encouragement of God:
Moses said he was not eloquent, slow in speech and tongue. (Exodus 4:10)
Moses attempted to avoid answering the call of God over his life.
Are you avoiding the calling of God just like Moses?
With God, there was no way to block or hide from His calling.
God responded to his speech, slow in the tongue of excuse: “So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.  Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.” (Exodus 4:14-15)
Moses demonstrated one running from God but could not hide from the assignment of God.
Are you still avoiding the calling of God?
Do you have a place to hide that is not within the reach of the calling of God?
When God called Jeremiah, God did not consider any place of escape for Jeremiah not to answer His direction.
However, at the calling of Jeremiah, Jeremiah considered himself a youth, but God responded, “…Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you…” (Jeremiah 1:7-8)
The calling for Moses was with the direction of God.
Also, Jeremiah was to be well established by the direction of God.
There is no ground to hide to avoid answering to God when He calls.
The same God called Moses with speech and slow tongue, also called young Jeremiah.
He has an appointment for you, and ask Him where you are to go and what you are to do.
From where you are, it is not too late to ask God for His mercy to get you on track living for His glory.

Prayer for today: Pray not to be a victim of not answering the calling of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: Get to know the inquisitor of your life.

Genesis 19

Inquisitor of your life can be unduly harsh, severe, or hostile.

Who is the inquisitor of your life?
One that acts as an inquisitor of your life is possibly not to be of God and can be the evidence of not having faith or trust in what you are doing in the name of God.
God identifies Job as an integrity, blameless, and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil. (Job 2:3)
The identification of Job by God was not an excuse for him not to experience inquisition from his wife nor talk of one from a distance to his life. 
The inquisition of his wife was discouraging as she states, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” (Job 2:9) 
Imagine the pain of inquisition from the closest, not distance.
God saw Job as a man of integrity, but his wife saw him as one wasting time by waiting on God. 
Are you engaging in any challenge that is inviting inquisitors into your life? 
Is the inquisitor your closest one?
Are you a self-inquisitor to yourself and not knowing?
Who is the inquisitor discouraging your walk with God?
An inquisitor of your life will question the direction to the deliverance of your life.
Lot and his wife received the direction of God to escape destruction. 
Genesis 19:17 records, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” (Genesis 19:17) 
On the route of escape from destruction, by the direction of God, the wife of Lot could not obey but questioned God with the action of disobedience that terminated her.
The wife of Lot acted as an inquisitor of the deliverance plan of escape.
The Bible records that the wife of Lot looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” (Genesis 19:26)
Beware of inquisitors!
Oftentimes, man allows the act of a negative inquisitor to deny the blessing in place for life.
For example, Jesus had miracles on every ground but not in Nazareth. 
The inquisitors want to know the source of His wisdom and the work of His hand.
Inquisitors saw Jesus as the son of a carpenter, the mere son of Joseph, and Mary could not see Him as a healer.
Jesus responds to the inquisition of His people: “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house. He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.” (Mark 6:4-5) 
Desist from being an inquisitor of God? 
The people of Nazareth failed to appreciate the anointing upon the life of the Anointed One. 
Appreciate the doing of God, and do not be an inquisitor to miss the blessing of God.

Prayer for today: Pray that you will not be an inquisitor or not to be a victim of the negative inquisition of this world.

FAITH CAPSULE: To become near to God is the character of living for God.

Revelation 4

To be near God is to gain the plan of God for the new beginning.
The psalmist declares, “But it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works.” (Psalm 73:28)
TO BE NEAR TO GOD
To be drawn to God demands seeking God diligently.
One that seeks God diligently will find God, the position of one that is near to God.
Jeremiah 29:13-14 informs, “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.  I will be found by you, says the Lord…”
One who is near to God walks in Him, the identity of those who walk upright.
Psalm 84:11 records, “No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
To become near to God is the character of living for God.
Near to God, seek God first, and shall be added to such.
In your new beginning, consciously live for God.
Lord God creates all to exist for Him. (Revelation 4:11)
To live life for the glory.
The fear, strength, knowledge, and wisdom to dwell in the secret of God become my portion.
Pray to live in the fear of God.
With wisdom and knowledge is to live in stability of one (Isaiah 33:6)  
In your new beginning, when you roam, the presence of God will lead you; when you sleep, He will keep you; and when you awake, He will speak with you, and you shall hear Him in the name of Jesus. (Proverbs 6:22)
In your new beginning, pray that the Lord God will go before you by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give you light (direction) day and night. (Exodus 13:21)
In your new beginning, with desire, ask God to teach you His way and lead you on a smooth path because of your enemies. (Psalm 27:11)
YOUR NEW BEGINNING SHALL EXPERIENCE THE VISITATION OF GOD
In your new beginning, near God to live for the glory of God.
The glory of God is His presence.
Deuteronomy 5:24 speaks to all, not just to the children of Israel, “Surely the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness…”
It is a blessing that God has brought you this far into your new beginning.
Proverbs 10:22 states, “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.”
In your new beginning, all the blessings of God bestow upon you and your loved one shall not know sorrow.
Pray that God shall remember you with favor.
Pray that this is your season of the visitation of God.
Near God to gain the plans of God for your life.

Prayer for today: Ask that the way of life that will cause the glory of God to depart in your life and loved ones shall not be your portion in Jesus.