The word of God is powerful and likened to a seed in the parable of the sower. In the natural, there is potential for growth in the life of a seed but it has to be activated. The seed can be left in the garage on a shelf for a long time and it will remain as it is, but when it is brought into the right environment, planted and watered, the potential is released and the seed begins to grow.
When we were saved, The Seed, Jesus Christ, came to dwell in us. All the potential for growth and fruit is in us from that moment on. However, we can have all that potential in us yet not activate the power in that seed. The anointing abides in us but we need to activate it and release it so that the inherent power brings about all it was created to do.
The question is how? I believe it can be activated by our faith. Jesus said, "all things are possible to him who believes." Mark 9:23
"Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, BELIEVE that you have received them, and they shall be granted you." Mark 11:24
The word, that powerfully packed, creative, faith building seed, has the life and power to change, equip, teach and guide us. The huge, over and above, exceedingly and abundant power is available to us all, though our believing that what God says, God means and brings it to fruition. "So it is my word that goes out of my mouth it will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Is 55:11
Notice that God declares His word and will as a package in this declaration and we have opportunities to speak His word into our situations until we "get it".
In the natural, a seed needs to be watered to grow. So too, we need to constantly water and nature that seed in us with the words of our mouth. If we are choosing to speak God's word and not continually speaking against it by negative, dark words, or choosing to believe the negative circumstances surrounding us, we will release the potential of that seed and fruit and harvest will be the reward.
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? Num 23:19 His word is eternal and even angels harken to the voice of the Lord to do His bidding. Our basic problem is that we don't approach the word with childlike faith, full convinced that if God said it, He will bring it about.
I see so many Christians passively allowing sickness to come upon them. They seem to accept it as their lot or the season in life, yet God said "I am the Lord who heals you." Ex 15:26 and "by His stripes we are healed." Is 53:5. The apostle Peter in quoting this scripture used the past tense, "you were healed." 1 Pet 2:24. Yes, we were healed, two thousand years ago on the cross. He bore our sicknesses as the same time as He bore our sins. I do get amazed at how passive we are. Flu season comes around, and everything in our media advertises it and we agree, "flu season, I hope I don't get it." My husband and i actively speak against flu all the time by declaring, "we don't do coughs and colds, for even though a thousand my fall at our side and ten thousand at out right hand, the plague shall not come nigh our dwelling." Ps 91:7. Have we had colds, yes, but the day will come when our confession (agreeing with the seed) is going to make the connection between head and heart and the faith seed in our hearts will override the analytical thoughts and we will BELIEVE God's word over and above sight-feeling. As Jesus said, "be it unto you as you have believed," and "your faith has made you well." The main point I am trying to make here, is that we are actively proactive in speaking God's word over our lives, for the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence (there is an enemy seeking to kill, steal and destroy) and the violent (our proactive fight against him) take it by force. Anyone passive in a war looses. Yet God has given us keys for victory.
Some might say, Jesus touched those who He healed, If He touched me I would be healed too! Remember Jesus is the Word and as the bible teaches, this word is in our hearts, "we also believe and therefore we speak." 2 Cor 4:13. This is not "blab and grab". We speak because we are saying what God is telling us to say (our confession) and our faith comes from hearing the word.
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb 13:8). He hasn't changed. He willed to heal when He walked the earth, and paid for it by his stripes and now lives to intercede as our High Priest for eternity. Healing is just one aspect of the redemptive cross for us today. We only have to believe, put our faith into action, believing the atonement will have full effect in our lives and agree with God, (which is our confession as we voice His words back to Him in prayer.)
When we were saved, The Seed, Jesus Christ, came to dwell in us. All the potential for growth and fruit is in us from that moment on. However, we can have all that potential in us yet not activate the power in that seed. The anointing abides in us but we need to activate it and release it so that the inherent power brings about all it was created to do.
The question is how? I believe it can be activated by our faith. Jesus said, "all things are possible to him who believes." Mark 9:23
"Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, BELIEVE that you have received them, and they shall be granted you." Mark 11:24
The word, that powerfully packed, creative, faith building seed, has the life and power to change, equip, teach and guide us. The huge, over and above, exceedingly and abundant power is available to us all, though our believing that what God says, God means and brings it to fruition. "So it is my word that goes out of my mouth it will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Is 55:11
Notice that God declares His word and will as a package in this declaration and we have opportunities to speak His word into our situations until we "get it".
In the natural, a seed needs to be watered to grow. So too, we need to constantly water and nature that seed in us with the words of our mouth. If we are choosing to speak God's word and not continually speaking against it by negative, dark words, or choosing to believe the negative circumstances surrounding us, we will release the potential of that seed and fruit and harvest will be the reward.
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? Num 23:19 His word is eternal and even angels harken to the voice of the Lord to do His bidding. Our basic problem is that we don't approach the word with childlike faith, full convinced that if God said it, He will bring it about.
I see so many Christians passively allowing sickness to come upon them. They seem to accept it as their lot or the season in life, yet God said "I am the Lord who heals you." Ex 15:26 and "by His stripes we are healed." Is 53:5. The apostle Peter in quoting this scripture used the past tense, "you were healed." 1 Pet 2:24. Yes, we were healed, two thousand years ago on the cross. He bore our sicknesses as the same time as He bore our sins. I do get amazed at how passive we are. Flu season comes around, and everything in our media advertises it and we agree, "flu season, I hope I don't get it." My husband and i actively speak against flu all the time by declaring, "we don't do coughs and colds, for even though a thousand my fall at our side and ten thousand at out right hand, the plague shall not come nigh our dwelling." Ps 91:7. Have we had colds, yes, but the day will come when our confession (agreeing with the seed) is going to make the connection between head and heart and the faith seed in our hearts will override the analytical thoughts and we will BELIEVE God's word over and above sight-feeling. As Jesus said, "be it unto you as you have believed," and "your faith has made you well." The main point I am trying to make here, is that we are actively proactive in speaking God's word over our lives, for the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence (there is an enemy seeking to kill, steal and destroy) and the violent (our proactive fight against him) take it by force. Anyone passive in a war looses. Yet God has given us keys for victory.
Some might say, Jesus touched those who He healed, If He touched me I would be healed too! Remember Jesus is the Word and as the bible teaches, this word is in our hearts, "we also believe and therefore we speak." 2 Cor 4:13. This is not "blab and grab". We speak because we are saying what God is telling us to say (our confession) and our faith comes from hearing the word.
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb 13:8). He hasn't changed. He willed to heal when He walked the earth, and paid for it by his stripes and now lives to intercede as our High Priest for eternity. Healing is just one aspect of the redemptive cross for us today. We only have to believe, put our faith into action, believing the atonement will have full effect in our lives and agree with God, (which is our confession as we voice His words back to Him in prayer.)
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