FAITH CAPSULE: The eyes that open are bound to see all.

Genesis 15

See, look, or behold is the language that God often uses to call the attention of anyone He calls to be sent or point to His promise.
For example, after the separation of Abram from Lot, the Lord told Abram, “For all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.” (Genesis 13:15)
Abram was to see the promise of expectation in the word of God. 
When God wanted to give His promise to Abram for what He would do, God commanded Abram, ” Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” (Genesis 15:5)
Abram look to God in His word, to wait, to experience what God called him to look at.
In the place of lack, the Israelites complained negatively about the lack of food. God spoke to Moses, “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. ” (Exodus 16:4)
To see is to behold. God wanted the Israelites to look at their provision when there was none.
See, look, or behold is the language that God used to gain the attention of all.
With faith, see, look, or behold in every word of God to gain from God.
Anyone who comes across the word of God asking to see, look, or behold is to believe to receive and become what is directed by God.
Abram saw in the word of God what He is in place to claim.
Abram looked to experience the word of God.
The Israelites behold the word of God to gain the provision of God.
The word of God is God.
One who sees, looks, or beholds the word of God as it sounds in their direction is the evidence of faith.
Demonstrating faith is what pleases God to manifest.
His word is not a nonliving is alive to visit anyone in a position for God to be visited, for His agenda.
The pages of the Bible record the word of God moving to locate some.
Genesis 15:1 records, “After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision.”
Jonah 1:1, “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai.”
The word God is living and will locate anyone as the Lord desires it to be.
Hebrews 4:12 informs all, “For the word of God is living.”
As a believer, live to hear and see God in His word.
The life of Job documented evidence of the need to see God in His word.
One thing is to be hearing with the ear and not see God in His word.
Job testifies for the learning, “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.” (Job 42:5)
A heart that the eyes opened is bound to see all from God, to live life for the glory of God.

Prayer for today: Pray for the opening of the eyes of your heart.

FAITH CAPSULE: The only thing God cannot do is He cannot fail.

Acts 3

God cannot fail, not fall or falter, but attends to one that waits on Him.
Only God inhabits eternity, and His mercy endures forever. 
God is the eternal surgeon and provides for the needy.
The grace of life is not by right but a privilege of God.
To be alive today is not a merit but a mercy of God. 
Gracious God will turn frustration into celebration, stagnation into motion, and God alone will convert mockery into a miracle. 
The servant of Elisha could only see stagnation crowding him and Elisha in the face of the enemy.
2 Kings 6:14-15 records about Elisha and his servant, “…horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”The servant of Elisha saw fear when he reported to his master when he could not see an escape from the enemy. 
The servant of Elisha gave himself to fear.
As a prophet of God, Elisha knows to behold God in times of challenges. 
Elisha responded to his servant in fear of the enemy, “So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:16-17)
The prayer of Elisha opened the eyes of his servants to see that the hands of God were in place against the enemy. 
Are you in a situation causing you to behold the enemy?
Know that the miracle of God is on your side.
Keep looking up to God.
Lameness can be a mockery. 
A lame man who is limited in motion needed a miracle in the place of his mockery. 
Acts 3:2 states, “…certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple.”
Begging for alms was the portion of a lame man. 
The lame man desired to come out of lameness. 
Mockery to miracle demands attention with expectation. 
The lame man gave attention with expectation as Peter said, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.”(Acts 3:6-8)
God is yesterday, today, and forever. 
For your miracle, behold with expectation for manifestation.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled by beholding God in all situations.

FAITH CAPSULE:  Do you know His name, not deniable?

Exodus 6

God is the unchangeable God.
He is the only God.
He reverses reversible.
God alone was in the beginning; He is the same God that will be beyond forever.
Without any doubt, God shares a name with none. 
He is the Almighty, the King of kings, the eternal rock of ages. 
Exodus 24:17 describes God, “The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.”
Hebrews 12:29 buttresses, “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Pharaoh, with the stone of heart, rejected the request of God for the release of the children of Israel as he turned to Israelites with extra labor. 
The expectation of the freedom of Israel in the hand of Pharaoh was with pain from the command for the taskmasters to inflict more labor on the people. 
Moses wanted to know why God added trouble to the children of Israel. God responds to Moses with the assurance of His strong hand that the Israelites shall become free to go. 
God introduced His name to Moses, “And God spoke to Moses and said to him: ’I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them.’” (Exodus 6:2-3)
Are you asking, seeking, and knocking in times of trouble? 
Call out the name of God against challenges.
Are you attempting to lead the Spirit of God or allowing the leader of the Spirit of God over your life?
The word admonishes all, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-8)
Concerning challenges, call the name of God by asking, seeking, and knocking. 
Asking, seeking, and knocking is approaching with expectation. 
All should know asking in the name of God is the all-inclusive way to become an over-comer. 
God answers to redeem the caller from bondage. 
A caller of the name of God shall be delivered and become preserved, one that calls to wait on Him.
To call on the name of God will cause God to visit with salvation.
Do you know His name? 
Today, know that “The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.”(Proverbs 18:10)
The name of God brought the Israelites out of the bondage of over four hundred years. 
God alone was in the beginning; He is the same God that will be beyond forever. 
Psalm 148:13 records, “Let them praise the name of the Lord, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven.”
His name is the LORD!

Prayer for today: Ask God for the understanding to be calling on His name indeed and in truth.

FAITH CAPSULE: The enemy will sow evil seeds only in the sleeping church.

Acts 12

Are you a believer in God?
Are you aware of what is keeping you asleep when you are to be awake?
Sleeping will give the enemy a position to strike.
The enemy of man is here to kill and destroy.
Be awake, watch, and pray to deny the enemy from sowing evil into life of sleeping ones.
In the parable of the wheat and tares, Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who owed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.” (Matthew 13:24-25) 
The point is that sleeping gives the enemy the privilege to sow tares (wickedness). 
One that is not asleep but awake makes it difficult for the enemy to sow tares among the wheat.
In this wicked world, to be alive demands being constantly awake physically and spiritually.
As an acclaimed believer, are you awake or are you asleep? 
Just as it is possible to be asleep physically, it is also possible to become asleep spiritually. 
One who is spiritually asleep becomes spiritually at risk. 
For one who is asleep, prayer will cease, and the enemy shall gain entrance. 
One that is asleep, the eyes and mind shut.
At the time of wickedness, when sleeping, challenging situations are inevitable.
When James, the brother of John, was killed by King Herod, the church was asleep.
Acts 12:1-2 records the seed of the violence of Herod to the church, “Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.”
The same hand of Herod sent Peter to prison.
Acts 12:5-7 states, “…but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands.”
The deliverance of Peter from the wickedness of King Herod was awake of constant prayer by the church. 
It is possible that the same church was not constantly praying but asleep when James fell at the hand of Herod.
The enemy will sow evil seeds only in the sleeping church.
As a temple of God (church of God), are you asleep or awake?
Can you afford to sleep when you need to be awake?
1 Peter 4:7 warns, “But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.”
You are the church of God that is not awake in prayer.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to become awake spiritually and attentive physically.

FAITH CAPSULE: In your calling, do not be reduced before God.

1 Chronicles 4

The journey in life is to arrive at a divine assignment of God, not live a wasted life.
God is the perfect God with an assignment for everyone.
Are you aware of the calling of God over your life?
The calling of God is to engage a divine assignment.
When God calls, a failure to obey the direction shall pass unto failure and not arrive at the calling of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:24 admonishes all, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.”
God is not a slave master but a saving God who does not force one to obey, but consequences are in place for disobedience to the word of God.
What is reducing one from answering fully to the calling of God?
WHAT REDUCES TO DENY ARRIVAL AT THE CALLING OF GOD?
WRONG DECISION
Among the forces that can prevent the promise of God is making the wrong decision outside of God.
For example, Uzzah was a victim of a wrong decision and died a sudden, untimely death.
Uzzah wrongly put his hand on the ark of God against the command of God that no one should put their hand on the ark of God. (2 Samuel 6:6)The violation of Uzziah was an unintentional error that cost him his life.
God had warned His people that not even the Levites could touch the holy objects of the Tabernacle, and the death penalty was in place for violators (Numbers 4:15
The error of Uzzah was not enough of an excuse before God when his action led to death.
There is no reasonable excuse for disobedience to the word of God.
However, the blessing of God for deliverance does not exclude disobedience.
The disobedience will receive the peace that surpasses understanding for repented ones before God.
Philippians 4:7 admonishes, “The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Watch and pray consistently, and do not become a victim of wrong decisions.
Engaging in error is carrying forgiveness of sin before God, which weighs the sinner down.
WRONG MADE ON BEHALF OF ONE CAN REDUCE NOT ARRIVE AT THE CALLING OF GOD
Any decision made on your behalf can reduce you.
The name given by parents can reduce arrival at the divine assignment of God.
What does your name mean?
Calling a name repeatedly is like prophesying to such.
Jabez was not his choice, but his mother named him.
1 Chronicles 4:9, “Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, ‘Because I bore him in pain.”
For example, what are you being called and answering to?
Agnes means pure, Elizabeth means consecrated to God, Joseph means may the Lord increase, and many other names answered to are the force that marks one to become reduced.
The name of Jabez, which means bore in pain, marked him in pain until prayer answered for a change in his life to become increased out of that which reduced him.

Prayer for today: Pray not to live outside of the calling of God.