FAITH CAPSULE: To give earnest heed is to be purposeful and to be giving attention to the word of God.

Daniel 1

Hebrews 2:1-4 records: “Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?”
A failure to give earnest heed to the word of God will lead to one’s distance from God. Keeping distance from God is getting closer to the position of self-destruction.
Earnest implies having a purpose and being steadily and soberly eager in pursuing it.
Heed means paying attention, to listen to and to follow.
To give earnest heed is to be purposeful and to be giving attention to the word of God.
The heart is where purpose takes place.
The heart is where listening takes place.
Be mindful of it that the heart is where God sees the doing of all man under heaven.
Daniel Purposed in His heart.
Daniel, with more earnest heed for God, he purposed in his heart for God and God led him into God’s favor. Daniel 1:8-9 records: “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. Now God had brought Daniel into the favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs.”
David, a man’s heart was after God’s heart.
God will find any man that earnestly heed the word of God. After Saul’s violation, God reacted saying: “…I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.” (Acts 13:22)
The word of God is for real not to be a victim of this wicked world and that is why all have been warned as stated: “…we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard…” There is no compromise but with no excuse we must give earnest heed to the word of God.
The word of God is not sent to convince but for all man to be committed to the word of God. Also, the word of God is not for decoration but for declaration. Every man’s way of life is declaring who a man is, in the word of God.
Come out from RELIGION in the mouth, but give self to the word of God. A failure to give earnest heed to the word of God will lead to one’s distance from God but closer to self-destruction.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the understanding to know the power in the word of God.