FAITH CAPSULE: To be responsible is a price for greatness.
1Timothy 4
To be asking from God in every direction, meditating the word of God, and committing the word of God are among the ways to live life responsibly to become great.
ASKING FOR DIRECTION FROM GOD
In the journey of life, it is a responsibility to always ask for the direction of God that never fails but leads to greatness.
One should be responsible by seeking the way of God to arrive at the expected of the journey in life.
Responsibly, the venture of David to save Keilah from the Philistines is why David inquired direction from God in 1 Samuel 23:2, “Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?”.
The Lord said to David, “…Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.” The warrior Men with David were not encouraged to go with him against the Philistines, but his responsibility to inquire from God was the assurance for victory against Philistines.
Responsibility is to ask for the direction that is certain to arrive at the expected end of the journey.
MEDITATING THE WORD OF GOD
One meditating on the word of God will know God by observing the word of God to live a life of responsibility before God.
After the death of Moses, God called Joshua to the importance of meditating His word, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)
Meditating the word of God day and night is continual communication with God to know, to do according to the word of God.
1Timothy 4:1 records the importance of meditating on the word of God, “Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.”
Psalm 119:15 also records, “I will meditate on Your precepts and contemplate Your ways.”
Be responsible by meditating on the word of God to experience failure impossible in life.
Get to Know God by studying the word of God, not skimming through the word of God.
COMMITMENT TO THE WORD OF GOD
Responsibility is a life of commitment to the word of God.
One with a commitment to the word of God will have the word of God in the heart, not just in the mouth.
Are you a believer by mouth?
Giving to commitment to God will consign self to seeking God with all heart, with all soul, with all strength.
Deuteronomy 4:29 records the consequence of being responsible for seeking God, “…you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
One responsible with the responsibility of commitment to the word of God will not be discouraged by the surrounding world not to seek God diligently but find God.
Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to live a life of responsibility to the glory of God.