I want to use today's "Faith Food" by Kenneth E. Hagin in order to again emphasize the importance of words in every area of our lives! Not just any words, but YOUR words for YOUR life!
By Thy Words
"For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned" (Matthew 12:37).
Jesus Himself made the above statement. Words are much more important than many people realize. Do you remember Job and his three so-called "friends" who came to comfort him? Job's cry to those who came as comforters and stayed as tormentors was
, "How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?" (Job 19:2).
Words make us or break us. Words heal us or make us sick. According to the teaching of the Bible, words destroy us, or words make us full of life, happiness, and health. Words that we spoke yesterday make life what it is today. That agrees with what Jesus said in Mark 11:23,
"He shall have whatsoever he saith."
Those things which you say are words. In fact, you could read that last phrase like this:
"He shall have the words that he speaks."
Confession: By my words I shall be justified. I know that I shall have whatsoever I say. I shall have the words that I speak. Therefore, I speak words full of life, happiness, and health. I speak words that make, rather than break!
Find out what the Word of God promises for every area of your life, then begin to speak those words INTO your life! Remember that faith comes from hearing (and hearing and hearing) God's Word (Romans 10:17). When you hear yourself speak GOD'S Word, faith will come, and grow and will rise up so big in you that doubts will simply flee! THAT is the position that God desires for everyone of His children to be in and to operate in! When He shines in our lives, then people will be drawn to HIM through us! It is no more from a selfish desire for blessings, but a selfless desire to BE the BLESSING that we will be operating in. This is tremendously pleasing to our Father! As our precious ministry partner, Jerry O'Dell has said: "When we want what God wants, for the same reason that He wants it, we cannot fail."
I say a big AMEN to that! Here is Hillsong with "Everyday":
Shalom in Him!
