The Confession of God's Word
Today we are going to talk about confession of God’s Word.
What is so important about confessing the Word of God over our lives? Well, for starters, how about the fact that confession is agreement with what God says (saying the same thing) and therefore will produce results in our lives. Now you may be saying: Well, I have confessed the Word and it hasn’t seemed to work in my life. You are getting what you confess right there. You said it hasn’t seemed to work in your life and it is not working.
What we must realize is that the Word goes to the root of a situation and works from the root outward. There is a period of time (and that period varies) when the word works unseen, without any visible change in the earthly realm. But the Word is working, if you and I do not take our believing off the working of that word we are speaking.
We are designed by God to be believers, in something. We are equipped with believers inside us. So whatever it is, whether it is negative or positive, we are believing something. We have a choice of what we believe. That is the important piece of information. God also created us with the power of choice every minute of every day of every week of every year. We make choices all the time of what we think and what we speak. Of course, we do have an adversary, the devil, who tries every way possible to influence the way we think and the way we speak.
This earth is full of negative forces to make us think the opposite of God’s Word. And if we go by what we see and feel, we will go with the negative stream of life. God’s Word is not based on our feelings or our intellect. It is food for our spirit man. God is a Spirit and we operate with Him in our spirits, on a spiritual level, not on a fleshly level.
Confession of God’s Word is not something we “try” for a few weeks to see whether it works or not. It is a lifestyle to be practiced the rest of our lives. What we speak is what we become. What we have spoken yesterday and days and weeks and years before that is what we are walking in today. Let’s speak crop failure to those things we have confessed which are contrary to God’s Word, to God’s best and start a new day of confessing, saying only His Word over us and our families.
I don’t care how hopeless the situation appears to be, God’s Word will bring us out of those situations. I just finished a book regarding a hopeless situation in which the Word of God that the person had confessed and stood on, with the Holy Spirit supporting her all the way, brought her through to the other side, victoriously. I know what you are thinking. Well, that was another individual. That is not me. What we must do is turn around our negative thinking and talk God’s way. Sometimes the only way to do that is to speak only God’s Word for a while. Have no other words coming out of your mouth. When a negative thought comes your way, deliberately, on purpose refuse it and put in its place a scripture. Put scriptures on 3x5 cards all over your house and carry them with you everywhere you go. You will receive turnaround in your life.
When there is no natural hope, we must go to the Word of God and get supernatural hope. We must say what God says to get His results. We are told in Romans 4:18 regarding Abraham: “Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.” This scripture is saying that when there was no hope in the natural for Abraham and Sarah, Abraham took the Word that God had given him and believed in supernatural hope, God’s hope, which never fades out or fails. He took His hope from that which was God’s Word to Him. He didn’t take his hope from natural circumstances. And that is where we must stand. We take our hope from God’s Word. We need hope because without hope, faith has nothing to give substance to. Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for. So, today, ask the Holy Spirit to give you the specific scriptures you are to confess over your life and write them down and speak them and speak them and speak them. Build hope into your situation and then watch faith begin to work to give substance to your earnest expectation that God is performing His Word on your behalf. The Word of God produces results every time for anyone anywhere. All it takes is believing. And we can believe on purpose.
What is so important about confessing the Word of God over our lives? Well, for starters, how about the fact that confession is agreement with what God says (saying the same thing) and therefore will produce results in our lives. Now you may be saying: Well, I have confessed the Word and it hasn’t seemed to work in my life. You are getting what you confess right there. You said it hasn’t seemed to work in your life and it is not working.
What we must realize is that the Word goes to the root of a situation and works from the root outward. There is a period of time (and that period varies) when the word works unseen, without any visible change in the earthly realm. But the Word is working, if you and I do not take our believing off the working of that word we are speaking.
We are designed by God to be believers, in something. We are equipped with believers inside us. So whatever it is, whether it is negative or positive, we are believing something. We have a choice of what we believe. That is the important piece of information. God also created us with the power of choice every minute of every day of every week of every year. We make choices all the time of what we think and what we speak. Of course, we do have an adversary, the devil, who tries every way possible to influence the way we think and the way we speak.
This earth is full of negative forces to make us think the opposite of God’s Word. And if we go by what we see and feel, we will go with the negative stream of life. God’s Word is not based on our feelings or our intellect. It is food for our spirit man. God is a Spirit and we operate with Him in our spirits, on a spiritual level, not on a fleshly level.
Confession of God’s Word is not something we “try” for a few weeks to see whether it works or not. It is a lifestyle to be practiced the rest of our lives. What we speak is what we become. What we have spoken yesterday and days and weeks and years before that is what we are walking in today. Let’s speak crop failure to those things we have confessed which are contrary to God’s Word, to God’s best and start a new day of confessing, saying only His Word over us and our families.
I don’t care how hopeless the situation appears to be, God’s Word will bring us out of those situations. I just finished a book regarding a hopeless situation in which the Word of God that the person had confessed and stood on, with the Holy Spirit supporting her all the way, brought her through to the other side, victoriously. I know what you are thinking. Well, that was another individual. That is not me. What we must do is turn around our negative thinking and talk God’s way. Sometimes the only way to do that is to speak only God’s Word for a while. Have no other words coming out of your mouth. When a negative thought comes your way, deliberately, on purpose refuse it and put in its place a scripture. Put scriptures on 3x5 cards all over your house and carry them with you everywhere you go. You will receive turnaround in your life.
When there is no natural hope, we must go to the Word of God and get supernatural hope. We must say what God says to get His results. We are told in Romans 4:18 regarding Abraham: “Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.” This scripture is saying that when there was no hope in the natural for Abraham and Sarah, Abraham took the Word that God had given him and believed in supernatural hope, God’s hope, which never fades out or fails. He took His hope from that which was God’s Word to Him. He didn’t take his hope from natural circumstances. And that is where we must stand. We take our hope from God’s Word. We need hope because without hope, faith has nothing to give substance to. Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for. So, today, ask the Holy Spirit to give you the specific scriptures you are to confess over your life and write them down and speak them and speak them and speak them. Build hope into your situation and then watch faith begin to work to give substance to your earnest expectation that God is performing His Word on your behalf. The Word of God produces results every time for anyone anywhere. All it takes is believing. And we can believe on purpose.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 6:44 AM
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