FAITH CAPSULE: For us to live, we are to live by every word of God.

Genesis 1, John 10:1-10
 
The will of God is for us to live, and He does have a guideline on how to live. His guideline is not by force but by choice. God is not an authoritarian nor a dictator but a creator. He is a creator whose word is perfect. He is the Commanding commander, Healing healer, Unchanging changer. God is referred to and He has demonstrated many times that He is a longsuffering God, and that testifies that the Almighty Creator is neither an authoritarian nor a dictator because no dictator can be identified as longsuffering. The Bible declares in John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” God is concerned for us having life, but if one cannot concur with His concern one is condemned unto losing life. He wants us to have life and to have it more abundantly. Jesus clearly stated, “…I have come that they many have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) Are you living in such a way to have the life that He has come to give? It matters that we live according to the will of our God, the Ancient of days, the only God that inhabits eternity. To live according to His will is to fear Him, and fearing God is living by His word.
In response to Satan’s temptation, Jesus quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”(Matthew 4:4) For us to live, we are to live by every word, not the word that is most convenient nor the word that we chose to live, but by every word that comes from God.
The word of God is the power of God, and that power is enough to navigate the journey of life. The power in the word of God is the power that created the world, Jeremiah 51:15, “He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heaven by His understanding.” Remember, there was no record of Him using a bulldozer or caterpillar or hiring any contractor in creating the earth as recorded in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. Why not take the word and embrace it with consistency? The word is true to perform.Isaiah 55:11 testifies, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” The word of God has to be constantly operated.
 
Prayer for today:Ask God for the grace to live by His word consistently.