FAITH CAPSULE: The increase of God in the life of one will gain the attention of the enemy.

Exodus 1

Life is full of ups and downs.
Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is not a guarantee.
In life, there is no permanent condition.
God alone is permanent.
Power belongs to God.
When God increases, no one can reduce.
When God increases the life of one, an enemy will attempt to reduce it, but will fail.
The Bible records after the death of Joseph, “Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and it happen, in the event of war, that they also join our enemies and fight against us, and so go up out of the land.” (Exodus 1:8-10)
Suddenly, the children of Israel became a threat to the new King of Egypt.
The blessings of the Israelites were the reason for the fear of the king of Egypt.
God blessed the Egyptians with an increase while the enemy attempted to reduce them.
Does this sound like your situation?
The increase of God will always entice the enemy to reduce it.The increase in the growth of the children of Israel gave the Egyptians attention with a wicked agenda as recorded in Exodus 1:13-14, “the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage—in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.”
God is never asleep nor slumbering in His caring for His children.
God is a God who waits to act for His children who wait on Him.
God will act to deliver one who waits for God.
When God blesses, He adds no sorrow. (Proverbs 10:22)
God moved concerning the children of Israel when He heard their cry.
Despite the cries of the Israelites, the new king of Egypt did not stop at making life miserable for the children of Israel.
King went further and issued a command to kill every newborn son of the children of Israel.
Pharaoh meant evil with the attempt to terminate the children of Israel because of their growth.
The Pharaoh did not know that power belonged to God.
Have you specifically asked God concerning all that is causing you pain? With God, it is never too much or too late to cry out to God for deliverance.
Count on God, not on man, as the word encouraged, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” (Mark 10:27)  Are you willing to see God terminate all that represents Pharaoh that is hunting your life?

Prayer for today: Asking God that every agent of the wicked in your life shall encounter permanent termination.

FAITH CAPSULE: Acclaimed believers who walk wickedly can not hide from God.

Romans 12

Before God, there is a consequence when one walks against God.
One who claims, and does not lay hold, is living a life of waste.
It is worth having the desire to live by the word of God.
Conform to God, not the wickedness of this world.
What is your heart like?
Do you have a heart for God?
Are you one with the determination to do right before God?
Determination without the desire is not enough.
Peter was determined not to deny Jesus when Jesus told him he would deny Him three times.
Peter failed when he denied Jesus.
With desire, doing right before God does not fail.
Thank God that Jesus had prayed earlier for Peter not to fail.
Luke 22:32 records the prayer of Jesus over the life of Peter not to fail, stating, “I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail.”
Without doubt, determination is not enough to go far with God, but with desire.
Set yourself by keeping your heart for God. Proverbs 4:23  states, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.”
David was a man with a heart of God and prayed in Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
As a believer, pray the prayer of David with expectation for your heart to conform to God.
Have the desire to serve, conform to God, and despise wickedness.
Today, claiming to be a believer is not a license to escape from the wickedness of the world of today.
Evil is the wickedness of today.
As a believer who fears God, do you embrace or despise evil?
Proverbs 8:13 points out, “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.”
Claiming to fear God and not despise wickedness makes a joke of an acclaimed believer.
Today, many still conform to the wickedness.
Do you conform (comply) with things of this wicked world?
Paul the Apostle warned in Romans 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
Conform is described as an action or behavior in correspondence with current customs, rules or styles.
The warning is for all not to conform to the wickedness of this world.
The ruler of this world is the wicked one; the liar and the destroyer, the devil, Satan himself.
Why not turn to God?
Give yourself to praying the prayer of the psalmist as stated, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10) In this wicked world of today, do not be conformed to this world.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you not to conform to this wicked world.

FAITH CAPSULE: Why not engage the word of God, the light to navigate the wicked world?

Genesis 6

The wickedness of man is turning the earth darker.
The wickedness of the earth did not just start; it has been in place since biblical days.
God identified the wickedness of earth as stated in Genesis 6:5-6, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.”
The creator was disappointed in His creation for their wickedness,
Wickedness on earth is not reducing, but it is increasing.
Are you a part of wickedness or part to correct the wickedness?
The wickedness of the earth continues to get darker.
How are you engaging the earth where wickedness reigns while darkness does not reduce?
Are you experiencing challenges of darkness as you navigate the calling of God in this wicked world?
In your calling, grow to know God more, wait on God rather than waste away.
The wickedness of the world is getting darker, and it only takes light to navigate through darkness.
John 1:1 speaks to all, “…light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
One full of the light of God is bound not to be a victim of the darkness of the world.
Make yourself available, engaging the word of God as a way of life.
Worrying will derail its victim, who is open to its entrance.
Do not worry in any area of life.
Matthew 6:25 encourages all, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life.”
Are you worrying by any standard?
Matthew 6:27 states, “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
The word of God is what all will need to gain the light that terminates darkness.
The light that is needed is the word of God. Psalm 119:130 confirmed word as the light, “The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”
The wicked world demands understanding.
The understanding gained from the word of God is rooted in the wisdom and knowledge of God.
The knowledge gained from understanding will give a knowledge edge over the activities of wickedness.
The wickedness of the world is sickness and tiring.
If God, the perfect creator of the world, identifies the wickedness of the world, all should know to engage the word of God.
God is good and did not create the world to be wicked. The wicked mind is a choice to turn away from the world, turning from the ways of God.
Live for God and do not be counted as wicked.
Wicked knows the word of God in the mouth but not in the heart.

Prayer for today: Ask that the strength engaging the word of God be activated, and not live a life of waste.

FAITH CAPSULE: A disobedience to the word of God is to depart from Him.

Jonah 1

Manifestly, fleeing from the presence of God is to be presentable for the adversary of man.
Jonah failed before God when he walked against the command of God.
Disobedience to God is making a choice that is the opposite of living life for God.
A failure is self-created for self-destruction.
A failure to obey is without exception.
A failure to obey does have consequences.
Jonah, a prophet in the hand of God, failed to obey the word of God and experienced the consequence before God.
Without doubt, the word of God is God.
Hearing and listening to the word of God is to obey the word of God, to assess the presence of God.
The Bible records in Jonah 1:1, “Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.”
God called on Jonah, but he failed to answer the calling.
The disobedience of Jonah to the word of God was a departure from the presence of God.
Departure from the presence of God will lead to destruction.
The departure of Jonah states,“…Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.” (Jonah 1:3)
Manifestly, fleeing from the presence of God is to be presentable for the adversary of the sinner.
The disobedience of Jonah became part of the vehicle of transportation.
Who is in your company?
Are you riding with sinners before God?
It can be dangerous to engage sinners before God.
The disobedience of Jonah set the passengers up for destruction.
Jonah was the result of the trouble during the storm.
Despite disobedience, Jonah claimed in Jonah 1:9, “So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
To know God and not obey is no excuse for the consequences.
Jonah was heading in the direction of self-destruction.
God is the only creator of man, the commander with the expectation of obedience before Him.
God expects all to be obedient always to His command.
Before God, there is no excuse for disobedience but consequences. Before God, there is hope for one who gives self to repentance before God.
Are you a present-day Jonah?
Are you a conscious obedience or disobedience of the word of God? Disobeying builds for disobedience to the word of God.
Do not take a position of self-destruction.
Obeying the living word of God is walking on a ground that does not fail or falter for the obedient children of God.
In the journey of life, obey the word of God to avoid self-destruction.
Do not be a victim of disobedience.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the strength that enables your obedience to His command continually.

FAITH CAPSULE: Sincerely, knowingly wait on God in all your ways of living life.

James 3

One who knows God will live life by the word of God.
To know God is waiting and not to tolerate negative communication.
God acts with answers.
Know that waiting on God is worshiping God; worshiping God is seeking a jealous God. Exodus 34:14 states, “For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”
All are to seek God in His way, the character of one who knows God.
God alone sees all ways the Bible states, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to showHimself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him…” (2 Chronicles 16:9)
Conscious or unconscious ways of man in life are to wait on God.
Consciously or unconsciously, communicating or confessing positive or negative does not escape the attention of God.
Word of God warns, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18:21)
The Word of God is not a waste; it demands that the tongue be in control.
Are you taking control of your mouth to avoid confessing negative thoughts that can destroy?
Claiming to be religious but not controlling the tongue from negative confession is a reckless way of life.
Word of God warned in James 1:26, “If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.” James 3:8 also warned, “But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
Know God not to be a victim to perish.
Know God to adopt waiting on God.
God is a merciful God who waits to act for those who wait on Him.
Isaiah 30:18 testifies about God that is waiting, “Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.”
Isaiah 64:4 also buttresses, “For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.” Without doubt, God truly waits to act for His children that wait on Him. 
Do you know God, to know Him in waiting on Him?
Do you sincerely, knowingly wait on God in all your ways of living life?
God does not sleep nor slumber; He is always waiting faithfully to act for His children who will sincerely wait for His action.
Every way of living life is waiting on God. In the ways of life, regardless of situation, it is worth being aware of positive confession instead of negative confession before God.

Payer for today: Pray not to live life outside of the knowledge of God.