I LOVE Andrew Womack's devotional for today! It fine tunes the subject of how to handle problems that we are standing on God's Word for deliverance from!
CONFESS GOD'S TRUTH
John 11:14 "Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is
dead."
Jesus spoke of Lazarus being asleep instead of dead because that
is really a much better description. Death, to their carnal minds, would be
final; whereas the word "sleep" would not. When the disciples
misunderstood what He was saying, He clarified the situation by saying plainly,
"Lazarus is dead."
This looks like a contrary statement to what Jesus was going to
do (raise Lazarus from the dead) and indeed it would have been if He had left
it at that. But He went on to say in verse 15, "I am glad for your sakes
that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe." This was referring to
Lazarus being raised from the dead and it turned Jesus' statement of a negative
fact into a positive confession of faith.
Many people have been confused over this very issue. Many times
people will refuse to speak of or acknowledge any situation that is contrary to
a promise that God has given them. It is certainly desirable to avoid talking
about our problems and there is scriptural precedent for this (2 Kings 4:20, 26).
In this very instance, Jesus avoided using a word to describe Lazarus'
situation that would have instilled fear into His disciples' hearts. But when
dealing with people who didn't understand, He didn't deny the natural facts.
A true, positive confession doesn't deny natural truth. It just
refuses to stop at the natural realm and speaks forth the greater spiritual
truth. This is what Jesus did and we should follow His example. Therefore, it
is not wrong to acknowledge a physical problem such as sickness just as long as
we acknowledge to an equal or greater degree the spiritual truth, "by
whose stripes ye were healed" (1 Peter 2:24). Don't deny that problems
exist, just deny those problems the right to continue to exist in your life by
confessing your faith in God.
Confessing God's Word in faith over a situation does not deny that the situation currently exists. It simply denies it the RIGHT to continue to exist! There is such a huge difference in the mind set here! I hope that you will meditate on this until Holy Spirit IN you rises up with the confidence that the Word of God is ALWAYS Truth, whether it looks like it or not! It is NEVER wrong to speak the TRUTH! AMEN! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Not Today" (A song that puts the enemy in his place!):
Shalom in Him!
