FAITH CAPSULE: God has brought you this far, not the word of the world.

2 Chronicles 18: 28-34

Doubt is evidence of failure not to count on God in His word but on the world.
Think, thank God that brought you this far.
The past is in the past.
With the privilege of God is to look forward to the coming days, weeks, or months.
God has brought you this far, not the word of the world.
Disallow doubt, and do not fail before God.
Do not become a vessel that claims to be a believer in God but count on persuasive and empty words of the world. 
Also, counting on the world is engaging an inevitable route for doubt which builds up to disappointment and fear. 
Doubt, disappointment, or fear will lead to self-destruction.
Ahab, the King of Israel, invited the King of Judah (Jehoshaphat) to join forces against Ramoth Gilead for war. 
King Ahab refused the warning of Prophet Micaiah of God for his going to war against Ramoth Gilead.
Ahab counted on his chosen four hundred prophets for him to go to war. 
Ahab doubted the word of God through Prophet Micaiah. 
Jehoshaphat was reluctant about going to war by the word of four hundred prophets. 
Ahab insists on going to war, “…I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you put on your robes.” So, the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.” (2 Chronicles 18:29) 
The doubt about Ahab causes his self-deception. 
Doubt of Ahab prompted him to disguise himself by counting on the word of the world prophet, not of God.
The word of God one locates directly or indirectly does not open such for self-destruction. 
King Ahab went to war against the word of God. 
Without a doubt, King Jehoshaphat did not disguise himself but depended on God. 
At war, Jehoshaphat ended in the surrounding of the enemies. 
2 Chronicles 18:31 records, “…when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore, they surrounded him to attack, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him, and God diverted them from him.” 
Jehoshaphat did not doubt God and did not disguise himself. Jehoshaphat depended on the word of God to be delivered from death in the war.
Ahab chose to disguise himself to war because he counted on the word of the world.
Ahab was a victim of himself when he experienced destruction at the hand of his enemy. 
There is no way for deliverance when doubt and deception are a way of life. 
The goodness and mercy of God have brought you this far this year, not the word of the world.
It is a great privilege to see the day count on God to see you through the coming month.
Give glory and honor, existing for God.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to look up to God in His word for deliverance and preservation.