FAITH CAPSULE: Begin to look forward to the coming days, weeks, and months.

Numbers 21: 4-9, Matthew 6:25-34

Is there any reason for discouragement and worry in your life?
The word of God is more than enough to encourage all not to dwell in discouragement.
Philippians 4:6-7 buttresses, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” 
Discouragement is not of God.
Discouragement is a maneuver of the enemy and is rooted in worrying. 
It is discouragement that will expose one and set one up for destruction. Matthew 6:25-27 records the warning of Jesus against worrying, “Therefore, I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” 
Is there any reason for worrying in your life? 
Established discouragement is rooted in worrying.
The children of Israel saw the deliverance of God when He brought them out of the bondage of over four hundred. 
God gave the promise for the Israelites to take the Promised Land.
The spirit of worrying overwhelms to provoke a lack of faith to wait on the promise of the Promised Land.
Discouragent became a cloud over the Israelites.
The Bible records the cause and consequence of the discouragement of the Israelites, “Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many of the people of Israel died.”
The case of the deadly bite was due to discouragement that was rooted in worrying and complaint. 
The Israelites complained about the quality of bread provided by God.
The provision of God was not satisfactory enough for the Israelites. 
Does that sound like your case? 
The Israelites also complained about the lack of water and called the provision of God as worthless. 
Indeed, a worthless complaint caused them untimely death.
By knowing and understanding the awesomeness of God, be encouraged. Do not be discouraged; engage in worshipping God but not worry; above all, be still and know that God alone is God. 

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled against discouragement and not to become a victim of worrying.