FAITH CAPSULE: Begin to see in the word of God as it sounds in your direction.
Joshua 6
It is written, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” (Proverbs 9:10) Do you actually know God or do you know about Him? It does not matter what title one answers to in the church; it does not matter how long one has been in the church or how much one is involved in the church that will determine one’s knowledge of God. Many actually know about God but few know God. Knowing God is rooted in the understanding of the word of God. The Bible makes us to realize that, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (John 1:1-3) The Word of God is God and the more understanding gained in the word determines the more knowledge of God. Evidently, believers who hardly spend time studying the word are in no place to claim knowing God. As a believer, how often do you spend time studying the word of God?
Believers who see in the word which sounds in their direction will have the knowledge and understand of God. Seeing in the word is the power to breakthrough or power to overcome challenges. Joshua and the Israelites needed to pass through Jericho in their journey to the Promised Land but Jericho was securely shut in attempt to deny the Israelite passage. God showed up to Joshua and gave him a word of direction to break through the wall of Jericho. God spoke to Joshua, “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.”(Joshua 1:2) God did not waste words when He commanded Joshua to see. In the word of God, one must see his/her deliverance when the word sounds in one’s direction. In the word of God, it is what you see and receive that will become yours. The word of God is not just words but spirit which gives life. (2 Corinthians 3:6) Job, a man described as a blameless man and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil confessed a lack of understanding. He stated in the last chapter of his tribulation, “I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. (Job 42:5)
It took Job a long time to see in the word despite all that was spoken in his direction. Begin to see in the word of God as it sounds in your direction; gain understanding and have a knowing-edge over your confronting challenges just as Joshua was able to hear, saw and had a knowing edge over the wall of Jericho.
Prayer for today: Ask God to open the eyes of your heart.