FAITH CAPSULE: A clear direction with a heart of obedience will result in a great manifestation.
Numbers 13
Every believer who confesses the Lord God is in debt of constant and consistently calling and requesting for the mercy of God on a regular basis. The Bible declares in Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” How can we not take His word seriously? When we fail to study His word on a regular basis, then we will become more prone not to take His word seriously. Since the pollution of man in the Garden of Eden by the deceiver, man has continued not to take Him for His word the way He desires for us. The children of Israel did not take Him for His word as a result, they failed to move and possess all He had ordained for them. Numbers 13:1-3, “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.’” Moses played his role by relaying the message as delivered unto him to the children of Israel. God did not lay any condition for giving the land unto them because it was His promise to give the land. All that the children of Israel needed to do was to go and spy out the land that God was giving them. A clear direction with a heart of obedience will result in a great manifestation. Likewise, a simple direction with a heart of disobedience will bring forth destruction. Have you received any direction from God? All His directions are simple because He that gives direction is the One who will also see you through by His grace. The spies went and checked out the land and came back with a negative report. Giving a negative report of His promise was a result of lack of faith. The summary of the report was, “…”The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are great men of great stature. There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we are like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we are in their sight.’” (Numbers 13:32-33) All the people who received and believed the report that contradicted with the promise of God died. In gaining entrance into His promises, take Him at His word and not man’s word. What God has promised, has already been done; just wait for the appointed time.
Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to receive and live by His promise for your life.