FAITH CAPSULE: Has He promised you something and you are not looking up to Him?

Deuteronomy 1:1-22

God is a faithful God. Lying is not in His character. Deception does not have a place in Him. He is true and whatever He says He will do is a done deal. God is absolutely faithful to His Word. It is written in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you a future and a hope.” God that made this statement will not purposely build you up and turn around to pull you down. The children of Israel were delivered from the bondage of over four hundred years. It was a bondage which appeared would last from eternity to eternity. Their deliverance was not an empty one; it was backed with the promise of a land that flowed with milk and honey. The deliverance was enough confirmation for the children of Israel to know that their God is a mighty deliverer. He alone is the Almighty God. His plans are not for evil; they are for good. On their way to Canaan, the children of Israel encountered every representative of giants attempting to terminate God’s promise of getting them to the Promised Land. Victory, however, was won by the hand of God that was in place, to get them to Canaan, their Promise Land. The Red Sea could not hold them down; famine could not hold them down; and every other lack could not hold them down. God was at hand carrying and providing for every call they made. God wanted to carry out His promise.
At a certain stage of their journey, Moses said to them “Look, the LORD your God has set the land before you: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your father has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged (Det. 1:21).” Sadly, the children of Israel had a different mindset of getting to their Promise Land. They did not take to heart the word of God through Moses. They were close to the land, but they were not looking up to the land. They must have been looking down from the land. When God makes a promise and you are not looking up to that promise, you will miss out of His promise. Has He promised you something and you are looking down? Instead of moving by Moses’ direction, they all went to Moses and said, “Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us, and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we shall come (Deuteronomy1:22).”
This was not God’s plan. God’s plan was to take them to their promise land. The Israelites went and searched out the land as discouragement became their garment. Concerning you, focus on the promises of God the clear picture of His promise shall come to manifestation. Allow God to take you through just as He has brought you this far.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God to keep you in the promise of His word.