Faith Capsule: Give God His worthy attention and receive His desired intention.

Isaiah 45

Jesus came for one major reason and He declared the reason stating, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) The reason of His coming is the evidence of God’s intention for all. To fully gain access to God’s intention demands giving God all the attention He deserves. Paying close attention to the first half of the Ten Commandments actually reveal how much attention God demands from His creation. God stated, “You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”(Exodus 20:3-8)  
A Jealous God demands full attention and a failure to give full attention leads to self-destruction. God jealously yearns for our attention and He communicates this all through the pages of the Bible. God spoke in Isaiah 45:4-7 about His desire for us to know Him as the one and only Lord; to know that there is none besides Him. Every attribute of a jealous one is inhabited in God. Therefore, every way of giving Him attention is worth giving it. In His commandment, He did not ask for too much or for what we cannot do to give Him due attention. He is a good God who cares for His children and He expects His children to care for Him. Are you giving Him attention only by mouth? Attending to Him just by mouth is not enough, but serving Him indeed and in truth is all that it takes to give and reap from His intention for us. Get your understanding in the Word that you may stand in the season we are living. God spoke in Isaiah 45:9, “Woe to him who strive with his Maker…” Denying Him His due attention is striving with Him. Give God His worthy attention and receive His desired intention for you to have life and to have it more abundantly.

Prayer for today: Ask to be delivered and be preserved from every kind of spirit that takes away man’s attention from God.