FAITH CAPSULE: A journey of distance is like a journey of a year.

Exodus 14

When a journey of distance approaches the end a new journey unfolds.
When a year is folding up a new year begins to unfold. For a man to be alive at the folding of a year journey, it is nothing a merit but a gracious mercy of God. God is a gracious merciful God and power belongs to God alone.
Do you have power to be alive?
Absolutely it is the grace of God that has brought you this far and it is the grace of God that will see you further.
Every new beginning is like a new year. Every new beginning is always the race with boldness that is rooted in the word of God’s promise. However, in the course of the journey, different scenes start to unfold.
The children of Israel left with boldness but it did not take long before it evaporated and fear became incorporated into the lives of the children of Israel. The Bible recorded in Exodus 14:10, “And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.” Despite the children of Israel went out with boldness, their boldness turned into fear.
Are you looking the ahead of journey with fear?
When God places His calling upon one’s life, it has to be answered with boldness and character. The children of Israel believed, but they could not behave what they believed. The same word of God that brought the Israelites out of the bondage of over four hundred years is same word that delivers man to salvation today. However, when one fails to live the word, no character of the word will be able to be seen in one’s life.
In journey, complaint is the root of rebellion and the substitute of disobedience. The children of Israel had boldness and complaint instead of having boldness and character. They could not hold on to the victory the Lord placed in their hand. As a result, they became lost as a nation. God said to them, “The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.” (Numbers 14:29) Without any doubt, the race is for those who finish it. If you have received the grace and mercy to be alive, continuity is the rule of the game; a purposeful heart is the officiator. Run the race with boldness and character and you shall become a winner to the glory of God. Trust and be hopeful in the hand of God that has brought you this far. God will back you up if you will not back yourself out of the promises of His word.

Prayer for today: The grace of God that brought you this far shall not expire over you in Jesus name.