Jeremiah 1:12 “Then the Lord said to me, "You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.”
So why does God require us to speak that which we believe before it will come to pass? The Lord answers that question for us in the passage of scripture quoted above; when He tells us that He is ready to perform His word. Another translation says that He watches over His word to perform it. We have already established that as believers, our faith is in God and in His power and it is God’s power that produces the results. And so when we as believers speak God’s word over our lives, He watches over that word to perform it in our lives. In other words God releases His power through those words to bring to pass that which His word declares. For example, the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul taught us that there are two conditions that must be met in order for one to be saved. Firstly we must believe in our hearts that God has raised Jesus from the dead, and secondly we must confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9). And so when we meet those two conditions then God, who watches over His word to perform it, performs the miracle of the new birth in our hearts and we are saved. It is important to note however, that both conditions must be met and that it is not enough just to believe in our hearts, for unless we confess with our mouths that which we believe in our hearts, we will never be saved.
John 12:42-43 “Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; (43) for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”
The above quoted passage of scripture reveals the very clear truth to us that both conditions, as taught by the apostle Paul, must be met in order for one to be saved. In this passage the Holy Spirit reveals to us that there were many of Israel’s rulers that believed in Jesus, but none of them were saved even though they believed that He was the Messiah. So why is that? The reason that they were not saved is because they did not fulfil the second condition that must be met in order to be saved, i.e. they did not confess Jesus as their Lord because they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. And so we see that if we cannot be saved unless we say with our mouths that which we believe in our hearts, then we are not going to get anything else from God, unless we meet both conditions, i.e. confess with our mouths that which we believe in our hearts.
Romans 4:17 “(as it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed--God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.”
If believers are going to have what they say then they are going to have to say it exists before it does, i.e. before it becomes a tangible reality. God our Father operates in this exact manner, for in the above quoted passage of scripture the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul reveals to us that God calls those things which do not exist, as though they did. And so when God does that then those things that do not exist, materialise. For example at the time that God said to Abraham that He had (past tense) made him a father of many nations, Abraham had no children and both he (one hundred years old) and Sarah (ninety years old) were past the ages of being able to have children. And so that which was impossible in the natural God declared as having already been done, and today we see God’s word fulfilled because Abraham has indeed become the father of many nations.
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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