What Say Ye? Part 2

Hello friend. Good day. I trust you had a fruitful week filled with good things.

In line with my desire of having at least an article on this blog a week, I concluded that every Friday would do just fine. Last week we began a series titled, “What Say Ye.” In last week’s post, we introduced ourselves to the reality that we are the ‘prophets of our own lives’ and that what we say out of our lips is key.

This week we would take it a step further looking into the realities of how our words dominate us.

In my brief time on the earth, I’ve come to the realisation, that we actually have what we say. Now, this doesn’t mean that one should now start claiming what he or she doesn’t have God’s word for. A question was posed last week, and I’d just drop a little hint. For example, you CANNOT confess and declare from your mouth as a single lady or man that you’re believing God that a married man or woman will be yours. That’s totally out of the will of God, so you’d just be wasting precious needlessly instead of getting yourself prepared for a fellow single person.

As we delve into God’s word, we would see that even during creation in Genesis 1, God spoke eleven times (verses 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, and 29). It would interest you to know that in verses 1 and 2: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Verses 1 and 2 paints a picture of how the earth Elohim (i.e. the Godhead) created became a chaotic mass. In that state of chaos, the Holy Spirit was moving over the face of the waters but the situation remained unchanged and unyielding. The presence of the Holy Spirit in the situation did not necessarily cause a change. A change was effected when “God said,” and a once hopeless case turned around in an instant.

Seeing that we have a speaking God, I begin to wonder why on earth we as believers find it extremely difficult to speak and confront situations. We would observe that God didn’t complain, murmur or grumble about the situation, he simply spoke to it and a turnaround occurred. In the same vein, we ought to confront situations with words and not necessarily with prayers. Taking a leaf from David when he confronted Goliath in 1 Samuel 17, I presume praying may have crossed his mind, but there was no time for such with the battle staring him in the face. Goliath was actually winning the war of words over the Israelites before David showed up. His words, not necessarily his size and skill was keeping the children of Israel defeated. 1 Samuel 17:11 says, “When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.” His words alone caused fear and terror to grip the Israelites without even lifting a sword. But David was not in any way intimated by the words of Goliath, he spoke back at the giant with such confidence.

Are you in a situation that looks chaotic or like a giant that cannot be felled? Are you cowering down like the Israelites did at Goliath’s word? Does darkness seem to have you bound?

Speak God’s word with utmost confidence to those situations and you’d see a drastic turnaround. Declare the outcome you’d love to see and that will be your experience.

Remember, the WORD WORKS ALWAYS.

Remain blessed.

Selah.