FAITH CAPSULE: God’s calling is not your concern it only demands your concentration.

Numbers 20, 1 Samuel 13:1-15

When God calls and sends one out, He will back the called up. In His calling, He makes available what it takes to get to the expected end. Often times, man stumbles when man begins to consciously or unconsciously take God’s calling upon one’s self.It was God Himself who called Moses out to go and lead the children of Israel out of the bondage that lasted over four hundred years. Moses, out of his concern for God reacted to the rebellious act of the children of Israel towards God. Moses took it upon himself to strike the rock instead of speak to the rock for water. God responded to Moses, “Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” (Numbers 20:12)The same God that was, and is, also sent Samuel to go and anoint Saul as the first King over the children of Israel. God alone knows the end from the beginning. The word testifies, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”(Jeremiah 1:5) What could have gone wrong with both men to have missed the expected end? Saul, being the topic of the subject, was ordained by God for the assignment as King, but he failed in the assignment. 1 Samuel 10:1, “Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: ‘Is it not because the Lord has anointed you commander over His inheritance?’” Saul’s failure not to wait for Samuel the prophet of God (by carrying out a burnt offering and peace offerings before a war against the Philistines) was a failure in the presence of God. Saul had his reasons why he could not have waited for Samuel. Saul’s reasons became concerns for Him to misplace his assignment before God; his concerns placed him on a ground where he should not have been. His concerns became an agent of his termination from God’s assignment. Saul’s concerns compelled him to failure. 1 Samuel 13:12, “Then I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord. Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.’” What are your concerns today? Do not misplace focus on God and allow your concerns to hinder you from getting to your expected end. God’s calling is not your concern it only demands your concentration.

Prayer for today: Ask God for help in His assignment for your life because by strength shall no man prevail.