FAITH CAPSULE: There is none that walks in line of Him and fall outside of Him.

Daniel 1

When adverse adversity located Job, his wife attempted to lead him to discontinue with his God by saying to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” (Job 2:9) Job could not discontinue with His God as suggested by wife but responded to his wife, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” (Job 2:10) Can you imagine how serious Job’s adversity was? Whatever is causing you not to continue looking up to God is nothing that can be compared to Job’s adversity.
Adversity and challenges will produce faith or fear which often make or break man in the race of life. There is a need for the grace to continue trusting God in the face of adversity.
Daniel and his three friends, at a young age, held captive at foreign land, yet there were no records of complaints or any attempt to despise their God. Instead of despising or complaining they did not give up but continued trusting God. The King wanted to build Babylon in them when he ordered the best of the best for them by setting them aside with the king’s delicacies.
When Daniel was supposed to resume feeding on the king’s delicacies he refused. “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into the favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs.” (Daniel 1:8-9) Daniel did not stop looking up to God; he could not discontinue with his God. Daniel trusted his God and Job could not curse his God in the face of adversity.
The word of God promises us, “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy.” (Psalm 33:18) Continue with a purposeful heart and whatever it is that cannot touch Him, will not touch you.  God will never forsake His own children. There is none that walks in line of Him and fall outside of Him. Jesus paid the entire price that we may have life. He was persecuted, died on the cross, rose on the third day and lives as king forever. You should have no reason to be discouraged or to discontinue in the face of life challenges. Continue in Him and He will get you to where He went to prepare for us.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to continue trusting God in the face of adversity.