FAITH CAPSULE: Seeing in the word of God is the key to gaining from the word of God!

Deuteronomy 1

Having faith in God is the ability to see in the word of God.
One who hears the word of God will not be a victim of stagnation but move forward to claim the promise in the word of God.
The ability to see what God says is a direct effect of possessing His promise.
It is interesting how promises of God for His children in the pages of the Bible are well laid while His children languish, not see and possess those promises.
As a believer, consciously see in the promises of God the act of provoking force that will generate a move in the direction of possessing the promise of God. 
God promised the Israelites a land that flows with milk and honey (Promised Land). 
At a point in time, during their journey from the bondage of over four hundred years, they chose to dwell too long at Horeb instead of going forward to claim the land that flows with milk and honey.
As a result of the Israelites dwelling too long, God sent Moses to the Israelites, “The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates. See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land…” (Deuteronomy 1:6-8)
Seeing in the word of God is the key to gaining in the word of God!
There was a need for the Israelites to see in the promise of God that the Promised Land was for them already.
The Israelites should not have had any reason for doubt but to move forward and possess the promise of God. 
The Israelites proved short-sightedness by not moving forward but rather going with a spying mission. 
Moses testified, “Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.” (Deuteronomy 1:22) The Israelites wanted to possess the land by seeing the world around them before seeing and engaging the word of God. 
It was a demonstration that they wanted to make sure God knew what He was talking about when He asked them to move forward. 
The Israelites could not see as commanded by God. 
Are you acting like the Israelite, not seeing in the word of God that moves you to claim His promise but remain stagnated?

Prayer for today: Ask to become enabled with clarity of sight, seeing the word of God, not to become stagnated.