God’s Word is alive! His words are active and do things according to Hebrews 4:12, The words from His mouth accomplish His purpose (Isaiah 55:11). Since we are created in the image and likeness of God, it follows that this same principle operates in your words and my words. Our words are never void of power.
There are, however, two sides to this coin. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, (Proverbs 18:21) and we will eat the fruit of what we. speak. We can make positive things happen with our words, but speaking negatively will open the door for the enemy to perform the evil spoken. Job explained that the evil he feared (and spoke) came upon him.
Jesus revealed that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. So when we say “I think I am getting a cold” that is what we believe in our heart and we have just allowed that to happen. However, on the other hand, declaring that God “renews my strength like the eagles” (Psalm 103:5} or that the Holy Sprit gives life to my body just like He raised Jesus from the dead (Romans 8:11) that confession releases His power and produces physical health.
Words are containers that are able to hold the spiritual power and authority that the speaker puts in them. That is why God gave us the Word of God and sent Jesus to demonstrate what the Word does. God spoke, “let there be light” and creative power went forth. In Psalm 107:20 it declares He sent forth His Word and healed them. Jesus spoke that the demon “be gone “ and he fled. healed. Obviously, these actions were in the heart of God who expressed them by speaking His words.
Jesus is the exact image of God the Father“according to Colossians 1:15 and Hebrews 1:3. This Jesus and the name of Jesus contains” the heart of the loving Father and all His attributes. It follows that the spoken name of “Jesus,” which is the name above all names, releases the authority and attributes of God over every other force or circumstance.
Someone once asked God why He wanted us to praise Him so much because it sounds almost egotistical. The Lord answered, “When you praise, whatever you praise Me for, that you allow Me to do for you.” When two agree it will come to pass. Amos says, “How can two walk together unless they agree.”
The great confession or declaration is that Jesus has redeemed us from all the consequences of sin. We are saved according to Romans 10:8-10 by the confession of our mouth, being justified by believing in our heart that God raised Jesus from the dead (meaning every sin which deserves death has been completely paid for). We declare Jesus over our problems and then our real job is to hold fast to that confession that He is Lord by speaking words that declare He rules over every enemy.
Jesus” message in the Gospels was (and therefore IS absolutely true) that the kingdom of God has come.” Therefore, it makes sense since we know that awesome truth, that He reigns over my needs ( met by His riches in glory Philippians 4:19), heals my sickness and pains (by His stripes I am healed Isaiah 53:4 and Psalm 103 Bless the Lord, O my soul, forget not His benefits, who heals all your diseases) that we should agree with His Word by speaking this truth also.
Your words talk. They carry life or death. They release God’s power when they are consistent to the Word, and reject His power when they disagree.
Holy Spirit, teaches us to agree with Your Word in our hearts and boldly speak them into existence over all our situations. Stop us when we say wrong words which are contrary to God’s promises. You make my words talk!
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