FAITH CAPSULE: God knows it all regardless of deception by all.
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
Do you have a heart for God?
Hardness of heart does not live life by the demands of the word of God.
The word of God inhabits the blessing of God.
Jesus, the living word of God, declares, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
Indeed, Jesus, the living word of God, brought healing and deliverance.
Testimony of God is deliverance.
God sent His word to heal and deliver from destruction. (Psalm 107:20) Jesus, the living word of God, is here to bless all that will obediently live by the word of God.
Hebrews 4:12 describes the word God as “living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
The word of God is promising and able to deliver without fail.
However, the word of God will not deliver promises for disobedient ones.
Obedience is a password to open the door of blessing from God.
Unceasing and steady is to obey God, with no place for half obedience. The character of one with half obedience seeks God only at convenience.
Obeying the word of God at all times is pleasing God, the evidence of faith. Obeying God to please God to deliver obedience from the unnecessary, costly, and painful situations in life.
Among many reasons for disobedience is pointed out in Nehemiah 9:17, “They refused to obey, and they were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks and in their rebellion…”
The word of Nehemiah 9:17 refers to the children of Israel but also speaks to all.
It points out that disobedience is rooted in not being mindful of God and leads to having the hardness of the heart.
A hardness of heart will cause one not to live life by the word of God.
In the word of God, there is a way.
Jesus is the Word, and He is the Way.
A hardened heart lacks the belief to deny faith from having a place in life.
Hebrews 4:2 states that the word not mixed with faith becomes unprofitable.
The word of God is the source of faith.
Romans 10:17 testifies, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Are you a vessel with a hardness of heart?
It is possible to be a vessel of a hardened heart unconsciously.
Today, search your heart to determine your stand in the word of God.
One with a hardness of heart is evidence of unbelief.
Prayer for today: Ask against the spirit of the hardness of heart not to have a place in your life.