Those who say they can and those who say they can’t are both right. We must learn to use our words more effectively. Today many Christians have been taken captive by their own words. By the prayer of their own mouth they have been put in a position where they cannot receive from God (Hosea 4:6). We have all done it at one time or another. We have used our tongue to form the very words that defeat us. We have prayed defeat and received defeat. We have prayed the problem and it became a greater problem.
God’s Word is spiritual law. It functions just as sure as any natural law. We have learned how to work with natural laws, like electricity and gravity. If we work with the law of electricity, electrical force will work for us. As long as we enforce the law that controls electrical force, it will produce energy… and yet it will produce no harm to us. However, this same force can destroy if the law that governs it is not enforced.
So it is with words that come forth out of your mouth. They will work for you IF you control those words and bring them into obedience to spiritual law; which is God’s Word [see yesterday’s bullet points]. This is not Christian Science; it’s Christian Sense! We don’t deny the existence of the mountain. We deny the right of the mountain to exist in our way.
It won’t happen overnight. It won’t happen just because you say it once or twice. It is going to happen though, if you continually affirm what God’s Word says – until it gets into your spirit and becomes a part of you. The Word of God, engrafted in your spirit will deliver you from every circumstance of life (James 1:21). If you find God’s Word for it, get it into your spirit. If you will continually believe and affirm that Word, I don’t care how big the mountain appears to be, you should not be moved by what you see. You should only be motivated by what you believe. The Word of God is the final authority on it all. We are to walk by faith not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
There was a time I was very low mentally and physically. Negative thoughts in my mind did not agree with the Word of God. Then the enemy tried to convince me I had failed God and that was the reason I had lost everything and God was mad at me. (I know this story sounds familiar to many because it is one of the devil’s favorite lies he uses to bring condemnation and confusion to God’s people.)
I remember one morning I was praying and I said, “Father, I have prayed and it is not working out.” He spoke inside my spirit so plain: “What are you doing?” I said, “I’m praying.” He said: “No, you’re complaining.” Then He asked: “Who told you it is not working out?” Now that shook me! I thought for a minute then said, “I guess the devil said that.” Then He spoke into my spirit some things that totally transformed my life. He said: “I would appreciate it if you would quit telling Me what the devil said. You have been praying for me to prosper you and get the devil off your back. I am not the one causing your problems. You are under an attack of the evil one and I can’t do anything about it. You have bound Me by the words of your own mouth. And it is not going to get any better until you change your confession and begin to agree with My Word. You are operating in fear and unbelief. You have established the words of the evil one in your behalf. By your own mouth you have released the ability of the enemy and if I did anything about it, I would have to violate My Word. And I can’t do that.”
You see, I had just gotten enough of His Word in me to where He could talk to me intelligently about the problem. Until then He had no basis on which to talk to me for I had cast out His Word and quoted the enemy. Over a period of the next few months He spoke many things into my spirit that totally upended my way of thinking. God said, “I am for you. I want you to prosper, but I want you to do it in a way that will work an eternal value in you, by using your faith and acting on the Word. The power of binding and loosing is not in heaven; it is on earth. And if you don’t do it, it won’t be done. Study and search My Word for promises that pertain to you as a believer. Make a list of these and confess them aloud daily. They will build with your spirit over a period of time. Then when these truths are established in your spirit they will become true in you.”
This is the secret of faith: continually saying what God said. So for two and a half years I studied the Word of God and made my confession list. Many people want to know why it won’t work for them when they have not meditated on the Word and would not dare say anything contrary to their sense knowledge. Sense knowledge says “all my needs have been met” is telling a lie. But how can you be telling a lie when you are speaking truth (John 17:17)?
Prayer became a challenging experience of forgetting circumstances. It was exciting to confess I have abundance and there is no lack when the lack was very apparent. One morning as I was confessing the Word, I stopped and said, “Lord, You know I don’t believe all this I’m saying is true in me” – it was that old sense tradition coming through, making me feel like I was lying. The Lord answered, “That’s all right, son, just keep saying what the Word says until it becomes a part of you, then it will be true in you.” So I kept confessing. When it became formed in me, I realized I had broken into a realm of faith I never knew existed! I could now make those statements with full assurance that God would honor His Word.
Confess the Word of God instead of negative things. You may say “How long do I confess it?” All of your life! In every situation, for every reason under the sun. Just agree with the Word of God. Don’t worry about having faith. Faith will result from reading God’s Word (Romans 10:17).
As you act on these principles, you may not be without battles. But you WILL NEVER LOSE THE WAR! These are simple steps in living a victorious Christian life. Begin today to apply these principles in every area of your life and as you do you will experience God’s power and provision at work for you.
Above all remember: Don’t put your faith in faith – put your faith in your God who handles your faith. Jesus is the Author of your faith, He gave to you that first measure of faith. Jesus is also the Finisher of your faith. He will direct you how to use it, what to have faith for, and how to build your faith. Just ask and trust Him.
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