FAITH CAPSULE: How often do you give regard to the testimonies of God?

1 Samuel 17

God is not evil, and there is no iota of wickedness in Him. 
God is a loving and merciful God; His thoughts and plans toward His children are good and better for His children. 
God confirms His good thoughts for all when he says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11) 
Whatever is good comes from God. 
Knowing that God is good to His children, one would wonder why His children often end up in captivity. 
God is not the author of evil, but His children often authorize evil to have its place by the kind of choice His children engage in living life. 
The word of God points out what could be the reason why the evil of captivity of destruction usually strikes by stating, “…But they do not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the operation of His hands. Therefore, my people have gone into captivity because they have no knowledge.” (Isaiah 5:12-13)
The work of God is His testimony. 
His testimony is His word. 
By His word, He created all that is and will be. 
Disregarding the work of His hand can be compared to clay that does not give regard to its porter. 
Also, to disregard the works of His hand is to ignore His testimonies.
As a creation of God, are you giving regard to your Creator, the eternal rock of ages?
King David was able to engage the testimonies of God when he stood to challenge Goliath. 
The Bible documents David’s testimonies, “But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”  
Moreover, David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” (1Samuel 17:34-37) 
How often do you give regard to the testimonies of God when forces of captivity show up on you? 
David gave regard to the testimonies of God to provoke the hand of God for the deliverance of the whole land from captivity.
God is a good God. 
Give attention to God by giving regard, and He will not fail to identify you for your deliverance from captivity. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to put His fear in you so that you will not depart from Him all the days of your life.