Speaking heaven’s language
Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. Psalm 34: 12 – 13 [NIV]
Jesus never said anything that He didn’t hear the Father say. He was always able to perform miracles because He used the written Word, effectively.
When tempted in the desert after forty days of fasting, Jesus overcame the devil by speaking the word “It is written …..” Matthew 4: 1 – 11 [AMP]
He knew that God’s word was the Truth.
If God’s Word is the Truth, what then is everything else that God didn’t say? They are the opposite – Lies and Deceptions! And if believers are called to walk by faith in God’s Word and not by sight, what then are the bad things we see around but wish we would see them change to something good? Lies and deceptions!
According to the verses in Psalm 34 above, if we desire to see many good days, we should refrain from calling things as they are but as they are not. If our health is not looking good we should keep away from continuously declaring “I am sick”. Rather we could say “I am sick, but according to God’s Word, which I agree with, by the stripes upon Jesus’ back I was healed two thousand years ago.”
According to the Word above, saying that “I am sick” is a lie. Friends we can’t speak “lies” and “false” things all day with friends, and in agreement with Satan the Father of Lies, and then spend two minutes in prayer speaking in agreement with God. It won’t add up.
In the Bible we learn, we are created in the image of God and that our words have power. So, let us be wise and learn how to speak the Truth and correctly early in life. Learning to do this on the day of trouble and disaster, is like a big unhealthy man who does no exercises, keeps eating the wrong type of food everyday, but expects that when a well-exercised burglar with big biceps gets into his house, he will have the time to run to the gym first, and then rush back home to wrestle the burglar. Too late, it won’t work!
Continuously speaking what is “false” is like worshipping idols, and we know God doesn’t like that. See how big brother, Jonah who knew how to speak and pray the Truth, prayed and got his miracle:
“Those who worship false gods, turn their backs on all God’s mercies. But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfil all my vows. For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.”
Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach Jonah 2: 8 – 10 [NLT] (Author’s emphasis)
Speaking in parables, Jesus always ended - those with ears, let them hear what the Word of God says.
Farai Mutsambiwa
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