FAITH CAPSULE: It is your understanding in the word of God that will fuel you in the journey of life.
Genesis 2: 15-24, 3
It matters and it is very important to know and be able to apply understanding that Jesus brought to us as a free gift of salvation. “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) Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, the One that gives and can also take life, the Alpha and the Omega said in His word that He has come to give life. He is not just coming; He has already come to give life and to give it more abundantly. However, if by the way of living the ones that are to take the abundant life are not receiving what has been brought to them by not making themselves available, it becomes a sorry story. Have you positioned yourself in the place of receiving abundant life that He came to give you? One thing is to have an understanding of what has been given to you and do what it takes to receive it fully. Another scene is to lack an understanding of the life He came to give and not able to receive and live abundantly but redundantly. Adam and Eve, a sorry story, had it given to them but could not retain what was given to them because they lacked understanding that was to give them an edge over the challenge of temptation. It is written in Genesis 2:15, “Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may eat freely; “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it you shall surely die.”” Adam and Eve lacked in what it takes to respond accordingly when God gave them the command that will preserve and keep them forever. Obeying God’s command was to give them life while disobeying God’s command was meant by the enemy to steal, kill and destroy. The serpent came and turned the word of God upside down so that Adam and Eve could fall and not receive all the provisions of God. The same serpent is the one you encounter on a daily and regular basis. How are you positioning yourself daily in the journey of life? It is only your understanding in the word of God that will be fueling you in the journey of life for protection against the one that has come to steal, kill, and destroy. With understanding, having a knowing-edge (Knowledge) over all devices of the thief will not be an issue.
Prayer for today: Ask God for His goodness and mercy and not to become a victim of the thief.