FAITH CAPSULE: Be strong and courageous to live by the word of God.

Joshua 1

Moses was strong and courageous to do as commanded by God. The word of God testifies that he observes the word of God consistently because he gave his self to meditate on the word of God. (Joshua 1:1-7)
To be Meditating the word of God by the day and night is communicating with God.
Below, with understanding, meditate as the word speaks in your direction.
LIVE LIFE TO SERVE GOD RIGHT
To fear God is rooted in having faith by hearing the word of God. Romans 10:17 admonishes, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Know God by His word to fear Him.
Fear God to obey Him. 
Obedience is serving God. 
Serving God by attending church, answering as a church member for all life, or making church home does not add enough to serving God. 
Serving God is encased in having fear for God. Psalm 2:11 said it all, “Serve the Lord with fear…”
With fear, serve God and be counted righteous before God.
Pray to live life for God.
EXPECT TO GET WHAT YOUR GIVE
In life, “whatever a man sow is what a man will reap”
As close as banana and plantain look alike, to reap bananas in the place of plantain will not happen, regardless of how look-alike they appear.
What are you sowing to reap?
Hosea 10:12 buttresses, “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy.” 
In your ways of life, become one with merciful to experience the mercy of God. Matthew 5:7 records, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” 
Be merciful to be able to attain the mercy of God in your ways of life.
THE MERCY OF GOD IS SUFFICIENT
Give self to the word of God, live life with the fear of God, to experience His mercy.
Numbers 14:18 states, “The Lord is long-suffering and abundant in mercy…” God does not run out of mercy, but it is a man that runs out of His mercy. 
Are you living outside of the word of God, expecting His mercy to be in place for you? 
Be obedient to the word of God to experience His mercy.
The mercy of God is abundant, sufficient but never becomes insufficient for those who fear Him. 
With fear, will obey God to gain His mercy continually.
GOD ALONE IS MERCIFUL
Merciful mercy is God the perfect creator.
God is consistent in His mercy that does not fail in His goodness towards one that seeks Him diligently for His deliverance and preservation. 
Are you seeking God diligently?
Who do you remember to call on besides the merciful God?
Psalm 20:7 records, “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”
Prayerfully, give self to calling on God by His exalted name alone (Psalm 148:13), remind Him by His magnified word that is above all His name (Psalm 138:2) 

Prayer for today: Ask to enable living by the word of God.