FAITH CAPSULE: The present time is evidence that God is moving you forward.
Psalm 118, Luke 17:11-19
The last moment is in the past.
Last year, last month, and last week are in the past.
The current time is the present.
Coming through the past into the present time is a privilege bestowed by God for you, but not a right for you to boast of knowing how to live life.
To be alive from last month to the present month, from yesterday until today, the present time is evidence that God is moving you forward.
One who does not acknowledge that God is moving one forward is taking the position of an ingrate before God.
An ingrate fails to demonstrate an act of gratitude before God.
The grace of seeing a new day demands turning before God.
It is the grace of God that has brought you this far.
Today, give thanks to God, but do not think that thanks that does not demonstrate a grateful heart before God.
All should always return to thank Him.
Once, Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one returned to Jesus with a grateful heart to give thanks.
Jesus responded to the one with thanksgiving as stated: “And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.” (Luke 17:15-19)
Revisiting God continually with a grateful heart of thanksgiving for yesterday will perfect your today.
Have you been living more comfortably in the past months than in the present month?
Focus on God, giving God regard, will gain a way where there is no way. Today, let yesterday remain in the past.
It is essential to understand that there is no permanent condition; God can reverse even the most irreversible for all.
Give glory to God for your life today.
In all, the only thing which God cannot do is: GOD CANNOT FAIL.
Know, understand by remembering that your life today is not because of your merit but because of His mercy. Psalm 117:1-2 admonished, “Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us and the truth of the LORD endures forever.” The mercy of God was in place for Lot and his family for their deliverance from destruction.
The wife of Lot looked back because she failed to look forward.
Focus on looking forward.
Set your sight on God, who has brought you from the past to the present and the future.
Prayer for today: Ask by giving thanks to God for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.