FAITH CAPSULE: Be responsible to KNOW GOD, a life of responsibility before God!
2 Corinthians 5
Living life with responsibility before God is the key to greatness, to the glory of God.
God is a perfect creator, He is a saving Master, not a slave master with the power to force any to live life with responsibility before Him.
One that lives life with responsibility before God is bound to be mindful of God.
A man that is mindful of God is set to be full of God.
As a believer, are you truly mindful of God or mouth full of God?
What does it mean to live life with responsibility before God?
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO KNOW GOD AND NOT JUST KNOWING ABOUT GOD
Getting to Know God should be one’s desire to know the truth of God by studying the word of God, in the pages of the Bible. John 8:32 inspires to know God, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” How are you studying to know God? Are you listening to a man to know about God?
Responsibility is to KNOW GOD not by KNOWING ABOUT GOD.
The story of Daniel’s life of responsibility in the word of God is for learning for all. Daniel 11:32 records, “but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Daniel was responsible before God when he purposed not to defile himself with the delicacies of an unbeliever king. The Bible 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.” (Daniel 1:8) Daniel was mindful of God; he knew God and he responsibly purposed his heart for God.
Daniel’s life with his custom prayer life before God testifies a life of responsible. As a captive, he became elevated as one of the governors in the land. Daniel, as the responsible one before God, eventually became a target for an untimely death in the den of the lion. The Bible records, “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.” (Daniel 6:10) The death sentence against Daniel was because of responsibility before his God. Daniel had a custom way of praying since his early days. Daniel knew God in his days; he was responsible before God and could not become a victim of an evil agenda.
Be responsible to KNOW GOD, a life of responsibility before God!
Prayer for today: Ask God for His grace to guide you to live a life of responsibility before God.