FAITH CAPSULE: Maintaining life with God is evident to knowing that God is near.

2 Kings 6

What does it take to gain and maintain being near to God?
The pages of the Bible identify what it takes to gain and maintain self in the near of God.
Acts 6:4, “but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Acts 20:32, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
Jude 20, “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
According to the word of God, seek God diligently by: 
Giving self continually, not casually, to the word of God.
Give yourself to be built up and to be occupied by the presence of God.
Give yourself to be a prayerful believer.
Give self to the word of God to become a faithful believer.
Be near to God.
God is always near for all that will walk in His word.
Elisha knows what it means to be near God and demonstrated to his servant that God is near.
Once, while Elisha and his servant were in the face of a challenge, Elisha knew they were near to God, but his servant knew not the nearness of God.
The servant of Elisha was not aware of the presence of God for their deliverance because he knew not the nearness of God.
2Kings 6:1-18 records the praying of Elisha for his servant to see the nearness of God: 
“So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 18 So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, and said, “Strike this people, I pray, with blindness.” And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 2Kings 6:16-18
A believer of God that is living life by the word of God will know that God is near at all times, knowing His intervention will not fail. 
Living in the consciousness of the care of God is the evidence of faith, the expression of expectation for the divine protection of God. 
Do you know that God is near for you?
In the near to God is the protection of God for one that draws near to God. 
Elisha walks in line with God to know his nearness to God and could see that the forces are waiting for his command before they could intervene on his behalf. 
Elisha and his servant were protected and could not become a victim of his enemies.
Maintaining life with God is evident in the case of Elisha.

Prayer for today: Ask God to live life in the consciousness of the nearness of God.