FAITH CAPSULE: Moving forward through the year, trust and hope in God is your vehicle.

Genesis 31

This year, it is true that you have not been looking up to God continually but He has brought you this far. This new month, turn around to be looking up to God continually. God alone brought you this far and He will see you further. The psalmist testified, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” (Psalm 121:1-4) With understanding, man will know to engage God’s help which have been in place in place for man since God’s time of creation. God, is the true helper of man and truly he does not sleep nor slumber.
When God calls to move man, no challenge is able to deny God’s calling or moving man forward. In God’s calling to move man forward, mountain shall be removed for man’s passage. God alone will return you to the center of your divine assignment, He will permit no man to hurt you.
The story of Jacob’s return to his location was the unfailing calling of God. Jacob made the choice not to inform nor bid farewell to Laban the Syrian when God called him to return. It is written, “Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.”” (Genesis 31:3) Relationship between Jacob and Laban was no longer favorable at the time of God’s calling for Jacob. After Jacob had left, Laban went after him with bad intentions because Rachel stole Laban’s household idol. Laban’s bad intentions prompted God’s appearance to Laban in a dream which cautioned him to be careful in his dealing with Jacob. When Laban caught up with Jacob, he stated, “It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’” (Genesis 31:29)
When God calls for you there will be no other power under heaven that can stand against you. All power belongs unto God. God alone but not man called you for turnaround into His divine purpose over your life. When God called Jacob to return, Laban was no longer in any power position to deny God. Concerning your life, man is powerless but God is powerful. In moving forward by the calling of God, trust and hope is your vehicle. In this season let your moving forward be with understanding and conscious of His presence. In moving, disallow wrong assumption but know it that God will permit no man to hurt you as you. God is not a man that He should falter; He is faithfully capable to accomplish His word.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of His strength in your going forward.