FAITH CAPSULE: He is the God that remembers to favor and visits with salvation.

1 Samuel 3

God’s communication is His revelation and where there is no revelation, transformation ceases. The journey of life without transformation will lead to termination. David’s asking for the Lord to return for him to be delivered is evidence to the testimony that without revelation every struggle of life reigns. How is your revelation experience? Just like David said, revelation from God will bring forth deliverance and salvation will reign. King David stated in Psalm 6:4, “Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for your mercies’ sake!” Considering David’s call on God, could it have been a cry at a time when God had departed from him? It is clear that when God departs all that is of God and from God ceases to manifest itself. It is a dangerous ground to be where revelation from God ceases. Are you calling for the return of God just like David? The word of God which is the presence of God will undoubtedly bring God back to you if you will hear and understand studying your bible. At a point in time in Shiloh when Eli was the priest, we are made to understand that, “…the word of Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.” (1 Samuel 3:1) The situation of no revelation in Shiloh called for the return of God. The Lord’s return is His appearance and it took the coming to life of Samuel for revelation to come back to Shiloh. 1 Samuel 3:21, “Then the LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.”God, who appeared again in Shiloh, will also appear again (return) to visit you if you have lost contact with Him or if you have limited His appearance. Evidently, where His Word becomes rare, widespread revelation will cease.
In this season of new beginning; new year, why not engage the word of God more often and cue to getting revelation from God to deliver and preserve you in the coming days; weeks, months and years? The Psalmist is not ignorant of his need when he stated, “Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation.” (Psalm 106:4) What are you looking up to Him for? Is it for Him to return, to remember or to visit? The Psalmist wanted God to remember and to visit him because when God remembers or visits, one receives the benefit of His chosen ones. You will be able to rejoice in the gladness of His nation and will be able to glory with His inheritance. (Psalm 106:5) God is forever consistent. He is God that returns to reveal. He is the God that remembers to favor and God that visits with salvation.

Prayer for today: As God to remember you with favor and visit you with salvation.