Luke 6:45 “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”
It is very easy to see what people believe. Just listen to what they say, for that which consistently comes out of people’s mouths reveals exactly what they believe in their hearts. It is our normal day to day conversation that exposes what we really believe in our hearts. In the above quoted passage of scripture our Lord Jesus taught us this principle when He said that out of the abundance of the heart our mouths speak. And so whatever is in people’s hearts in abundance will automatically come out of their mouths, and because of this principle people cannot exercise artificial control over what they say over the long term. They may be able to control their words in the short term, but over a period of time what they believe in their hearts will eventually come out of their mouths. And so the key to having God’s promises being made manifest in your life, is to make sure that they are in your heart in abundance. You will recall that our Lord Jesus told us to abide in His word and to let His words abide in us (John 15:7). Those who have God’s word in their hearts in abundance will always speak His word over every circumstance, even in their daily conversations. And so out of the good treasure of God’s word in their hearts, they will bring forth the manifestation of God’s goodness in their lives. The New Testament is full of statements of fact regarding what the Lord Jesus has accomplished for us on the cross. Go through the New Testament and make note of all the scriptures that refer to the believer “in Christ” or “in Him”. It is these scriptures that reveal what God has already done for His children through Jesus Christ our Lord. However, in order for any of those statements to become a reality in our lives we must begin to confess them over our lives. In other words we are going to have to call those things that do not exist as though they did. The word of God declares that we are the righteousness of God in Christ. The word of God declares that by His stripes we were healed. The word of God declares that we have the mind of Christ. The word of God declares that through His poverty we have been made rich. The word of God declares that He has given us His peace. The word of God declares that His love has been poured out in our hearts. The word of God declares that He has given us authority over all the power of the enemy. The word of God declares that He has been made unto us wisdom. The list goes on and on. All of these statements reveal to us what God has already done for us in Christ. But in order for them to be manifested in our lives we are going to have to believe those words. We are going to have to abide in those words and have those words abide in us. And then we are going to have to consistently confess those words over our lives. When we do that we will see the reality of those words coming to pass in our lives, for God watches over His word to perform it.
Michael E.B. Maher
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