FAITH CAPSULE: When complaint sets in you, discouragement will also settle inside you.

Deuteronomy 1

The Psalmist asked, “Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant.” (Psalm 86:16) The mercy of God strengthens. Truly, the mercy of God is all that we need in the journey of life which demands constant strength renewal. In every journey, there is tendency to fall when foot slips, however, the mercy in place will always make one to prevail. Psalmist testifies, “If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.” (Psalm 94:18)
The journey of life is not a straight course. It is full ups and downs; valley and hill. Above all, the journey of life can be likened to a journey through the wilderness. In every man’s journey of life, the mercy of God is in place to see every sojourner through. However, giants whose places are in the mind and often pass through the mouth are set to terminate man from getting to the expected end. The giant of delay, denial and destruction is in every man and if any would let him, he will not let that man arrive at their expected end. The name of that giant is the spirit of complaint. In the company of complaint, is the spirit of discouragement. It is written, “And you complained in your tents, and said, ‘Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28 Where can we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’ (Deuteronomy 1:27-28) It is clear that when complaint sets in you, discouragement will also settle inside you. God has promised and He cannot fail. As much as it is important to understand that there are giants on the way to the expected end, then passing through the wilderness should be with diligence so as to gain possession. The passage through the wilderness is a necessary experience. One, however, does not have to live there. For the children of Israel, an eleven day journey became a forty year agony. The wilderness became a habitation when it was only meant to be for a learning experience. The experience is to be added to you and become your make-up in living in the promise land and also in carrying out God’s divine schedule in life. The wilderness experiences are not to break you if you do not break yourself down and make the wilderness your habitation. God is a faithful God. He will go before us and He will fight for us just like He has done in the past.

Prayer for today: Ask for God’s mercy to deliver you from every evil work and to preserve you that you may see the glory of God.