FAITH CAPSULE: As the year rolls out, trust God to convert every twist and turn to triumph.  

Numbers 20:1-13

January to December is a journey of life.
Living life from January to December is a journey of life. 
To be alive through the year is the mercy of God, not the evidence of knowing to live life or not because of merit.
The beginning of every journey to the end is open to God alone, who sees all.
The journey of life does not run straight.
The journey has ups and downs.
It has peaks and gorges. 
There are always twists and turns before getting to the expected end. 
Are you experiencing or not expecting twists and turns? 
God is faithful to the core, and His word is true and perfect.
Challenges are not exempt from the life journey. 
Psalm 34:19, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”  
As the year rolls out, trust God to convert every twist and turn to triumph. God is the only God that converts frustration to celebration. 
As the new journey also unfolds, the favor of God shall become your portion. 
As a new journey is about to unfold, all should become fully engaged with the living word of God, the instruction that guides and leads to an expected end. 
Moses, as great as he was in the hand of God, could only see the Promised Land at a distance but could not step on the Promised Land. Moses despised the word of God when he struck when commanded to speak. 
Numbers 20:7-11, “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.” So Moses took the rod from before the Lord as He commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” 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.”  
One must be focused and not fail to depend on God, not despise the word of God. 
To despise the word is to be destroyed.
Moses, by his entire exploit by the hand of God upon his life, was not allowed to get to the end of the journey that he so strongly desired. 
As you cross over in your journey, allow the word of God to be your driver. 
As you engage in a new journey, ask God to remove any force or agent of derailment that wants to deny you from getting to an expected end.
As you engage in a new journey, ask God to remove any force or agent of derailment that wants to deny you from getting to an expected end.

Prayer for today: Ask God to remove any hindrance that would deny not to get to the expected end.