FAITH CAPSULE: Wicked knows about the word of God.

Jeremiah 12

Are you an acclaimed believer with no understanding of what wicked means?
Living as a believer having a place of worship is not evidence of exception not to be identified as a wicked one.
Jeremiah questions God about the wicked ones, “Righteous are You, O Lord when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind.” (Jeremiah 12:1-2)   
Wicked knows about the word of God but does not know the word of God.
One with the word in the mouth but not in the heart is the wicked one.
Wickedness is evil.
Evil is sin evidence of not having fear for God. 
God is a longsuffering God, His sentence against evil work might not be executed speedily, but God is in perfect control to see overall under the heaven. 
Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 is a warning not to be encouraged in continual sinning, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.” 
The wicked one can be comfortable and growing living a life of sin, but God does not look away from the appointed time of judging the sinner.
In Psalm 73, Psalmist could not look away from wickedness when he states, “For I was envious of the boastful when I saw the prosperity of the wicked for there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men, nor are they plagued like other men. Therefore, pride serves as their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.” (Psalm 73:3-6)
Are you one that is not able to look away from the wickedness around you? 
Are you being intimated by the wicked way of life? 
Be restful and know that God is never asleep nor slumber, but He will cause the wicked separated for judgment at His appointed time. 
Look away from the wicked and not be envious of the wickedness activities. 
God cannot be intimidated to act out of His appointed time to judge.
The example about judging by God in Matthew 13:30 records, “Let both grow together until the harvest and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn.’” 
The timing of God is not negotiable but has appointed time.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled not to live life as a wicked one.