FAITH CAPSULE: The move of Moses did not settle well with God. 

Numbers 20

God is a God of order. 
No one is above obeying the command of God, and the command of God is not negotiable. 
Have you been commanded but yet to obey? 
It does not matter who you are, but it does matter not to despise the word of God. 
Simple disobedience denied Moses from getting to the Promised Land
To despise His word is to be destroyed. 
Proverbs 13:13 records, “He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.” 
To despise the word of God is a lack of fear for God. 
Moses, as great as he was in the hand of God, could not step on the Promised Land because he despised the command of God, and there was no excuse to deliver him from the consequence of his error.
Numbers 20:7-8 states, “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.”  
Moses was to respond to the request of the children of Israel for water when God commanded him to speak to the rock. 
Moses did not speak as God commanded by God, but he engaged the command of God as it pleased him.
Numbers 20:11 states, “Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.” 
Before he struck the rock, he called out to the children of Israel, a disobedience to the command of God for him. 
The move of Moses did not settle well with God. 
As a result, God responded to Moses and Aaron, “…Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” (Numbers 20:12) 
A lifetime journey ended in the wilderness for Moses when he struck the rock instead of speaking as commanded by God.
Simple disobedience prevented Moses from getting to the Promised Land. 
Moses pleaded before God, but God did not reverse His judgment towards Moses. 
Indeed, to despise the command of God is not to fear God.
All live in the time of dispensation of grace, but it is not a reason to despise His command. 
Jesus indeed paid it all for us on the Calvary. 
However, the word questioned all, “…Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?”(Romans 6:1-2) 
The sin of Moses was enough for all to learn not to despise the command of God. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from the spirit of disobedience.

FAITH CAPSULE: God has a purpose for every one of His creations.

Exodus 3:1-12

When the calling of God sounds in your direction, there shall be no excuse or hiding to disregard the calling of God. 
When God speaks to you, what He wants to do with you will be to introduce you to yourself and know who you are in the hand of God. 
When it was time for the calling of Moses, God spoke to Moses to have a new change.
Moses knew himself to be what the Lord wanted for him to be. 
At the time Moses was running from Pharaoh, at his hidden location, God located Moses for his divine assignment. 
Before God, one can run from the calling of God but not possibly hide. God called to send Moses to Pharaoh, “Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” (Exodus 3:10) 
Moses does not know himself as His creators know him.
Moses responded to God, “…Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11) You are thinking about who you are, not knowing that God knows you more.
In the calling by God, it is not about who you are but who God says you are by what He calls you to be. 
God has a purpose for all His creations because He does not create by accident. 
Once, He told Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) 
As much as Moses tried to avoid the calling of God over his life, God made Moses realize that He would certainly be with Him. 
God spoke to Moses, “So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” (Exodus 3:12) 
For Joshua, it was not about who Joshua sees himself to be.
It was about whom God called Joshua to the count. 
After the death of Moses, God spoke to Joshua, “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.” (Joshua 1:3) 
Moving from convenience to commitment is not a cordial move. 
When it is time for one to become moved, situations will force one, and God will give such a formal call of who you are and what He wants for you to be. 
Moses was relocated from the palace to a place of nowhere to hide and to respond to what God called him to be.

Prayer for today: Ask God to guide you so you will not miss your divine schedule.   

FAITH CAPSULE: Acting out the word of God is demonstrating faith.

Mark 2:1-12

Are you giving God the kind of attention that provokes the hand of God in your favor?
Act the word of God to gain His attention.  
How is your action communicating your request before God?
Are you an acclaimed believer who speaks with no action?
A wise saying states, “Action speaks louder than voice.”
The story of Hannah testified to the truth that action speaks louder than voice.
Hannah was barren because the Lord closed her womb. (2 Samuel 1:5) During one of her trips to Shiloh, her action caught the attention of Eli. 1 Samuel 1:12-13, “And it happened, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli watched her mouth. Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.”   
Eli saw the action of Hannah and prayed for heaven to open the womb of Hannah.
The action of Hannah spoke loudly more than her voice while she was asking, seeking, and knocking, just as commanded in Matthew 7:7. 
Action is what God weighs as testified in (2Samuel2:3)
Commanding the attention of heaven is not in how loud you communicate in prayer. 
It is wrong to pray out loud.
Commanding the attention of heaven is encased in how the heart seeks and connects with God. 
Hannah spoke in her heart. 
Are you speaking from the mouth to rooted in the heart?
Action is the evidence of having faith. 
The men who tore the rooftop where Jesus ministered in Capernaum acted their faith to provoke healing instantly. 
Mark 2:1-4 records, “And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. Immediately many gathered together so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.”  
A roof-tearing faith will no doubt get the attention of heaven.
The Bible records the response of Jesus, “When Jesus saw their faith; He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you” (Mark 2:5). 
Undeniably, faith is what one will see because faith is an action. 
Faith is acting out the word of God that entered.
The word of God is the testimony of God. 
Psalm 119:2 records, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart!”  
One who keeps His testimony will know to be persistent by giving God all the attention.
Give God all your attention, and He shall attend to you.

Payer for today: Ask to live a life with action that gains the attention of God.

FAITH CAPSULE: One that submits to God in the face of turning the situation around, God will subdue on behalf of such. 

Exodus 20:1-21

All that the Lord God asks from all is to comply with His commands. 
God does not ask for more or less but complete obedience. 
He has set His standard in obedience to His word with no disobedience.
Jesus strongly and repeatedly emphasized hearing and obeying the word of God. 
His mother and brother sought Him, but He could not reach Him because of the crowd. 
The Bible records the response of Jesus, “But He answered and said to them, ‘My mother and My brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.’” (Luke 8:21) 
If there was any way to emphasize obeying the word of God, Jesus has presented it above and beyond. 
Despite that, obeying the words of God has been reduced to the minimum, and obeying His words continues to be the least among us who confess Christ as our Lord and Savior. 
The act of heart is wickedness. 
God is a merciful God.
The mercy of God means God is compassionate and kind.
Just as power belongs unto God, mercy also belongs to God. 
God will move, and He will not fail to respond just as He did not look over the acts of disobedience of the children of Israel. 
God once said to the children of Israel in Jeremiah 2:19, “Your wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and the fear of Me is not in you, says the LORD of hosts.” 
What the children of Israel did that led them into captivity is what the church today is doing today. 
Know to serve God in deed and truth complete submission to God.
God gave the Ten Commandments to all, but not many dutifully complied with them. 
The mercy of God is obtainable when one fears God.
Do you fear God by mouth or by your heart?
A heart that is not mindful of God is not possible to have fear for God.
Psalm 103:17 records for learning, “But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him…” Luke 1:50, “And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.” 
To fear God will undoubtedly gain the mercy of God.
One with the fear of God loves God, living by His word. 
With understanding, know to fear God so His mercy will reign and rule your life.
All that the Lord God asks from all is to comply with His commands. 
Give yourself to the word of God, live life with the fear of God, to experience His mercy.

Prayer for today: Give thanks to God for Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, the redeemer of man.

FAITH CAPSULE: This new season is a desire to gain the mercy of God.

Know to do well by giving all to God to gain and retain His incomparable mercy. 
Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, the mercy of God has been consistent to see you this far, not to become a victim of the wicked world.
The mercy of God means God is compassionate and kind.
The mercy of God is with forbearance that does not run out.
The mercy of God is His loyal love; it is the conventional love of the covenant-keeping God. 
Just as power belongs unto God, mercy also belongs to God. 
God cannot be intimidated or manipulated by any of His creations to receive His mercy.
The mercy of God is not attainable by the work but by walking with God. 
Romans 9:14-16 testifies, “…I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion. So, then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.”
The mercy of God is in place for all, and nothing under heaven can displace or deny one that God will visit.
With mercy, God led the children of Israel out of the bondage of over four hundred years. 
Exodus 15:13 records, “You in Your mercy have led forth the people whom You have redeemed…”  
Know to understand to live life to attain the mercy of God as the Bible records His word.
TO OBTAIN THE MERCY OF GOD:
Live by loving God.
Joseph, who loved God, reacted against the temptation of the wife of his master to experience the mercy of God as the Bible mentions, “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor…” (Genesis 39:21).
Joseph loves God to obtain the mercy of God.
Know to plead for His mercy.
The Psalmist had to plead for the mercy of God, “Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death.” (Psalm 9:13). 
Plead for mercy before God.
Know to trust God for His mercy.
The Psalmist declared, “But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation” (Psalm 13:5). 
God is merciful.
Ask for forgiveness to gain the mercy of God.
Psalm 86:5  states, “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.” 
God is good and merciful for one with the understanding that calls on God. 
To do good gains the mercy of God.
Proverbs 14:22 confirms, “…but mercy and truth belong to those who devise good. 
What one sows and to fear God will gain His mercy.
Hosea 10:12 buttresses the word of God, “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy.” 
Above all, fear God to gain His mercy.
Luke 1:50, “And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.” 
To fear God will provoke all to do to gain His mercy.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to gain the mercy of God.