Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a
plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of "Grace,
grace to it!"'" - Zechariah 4:7
There were times in our lives when we just whined about our situations
to our friends. We may even lament about the past mistakes or missed
opportunities. Yet things just happened as they did. It didn't change
then. We may be facing some challenges that seem insurmountable now. Are
we still going to complain about it and "do nothing" about it?
There are times when faced with a issue, be it small or big, we are to
pray and cast it into the loving hand of Abba Father. Yet, even in the
bible, there are times where we are to speak to the situation for the
power of death and life are in our tongues! We have the power to
proclaim God's goodness in our lives and we need the discernment from
God to know when to pray about an issue or to speak to a situation.
When come to healing, there are times when we have to use the authority
that is vested in us through the finished work at the cross by our Lord
Jesus Christ to speak to the illness. We have to command the disease to
leave our bodies for it has no right to take root in our bodies for by
Jesus' stripe, we are the healed of the Lord. We are proclaiming victory
over the pain, illness, and disease for we are standing on victory
ground which Christ has won it for us at the cross!
When faced with a situation that's overwhelming, we can proclaim victory
over the situation for the battle belongs to the Lord. We can still pray
to Abba Father about the situation. More often than not, we are to speak
to the situation! When we speak, we are using the birthright of a king
and priest. We are exercising the authority that is placed in us through
the finished work of Jesus Christ at the cross. I am not referring about
ruling over other people but to let God rule over the situation. When we
proclaim victory in our situation, we will see victorious manifestation
in our lives for it is God who does all the perfect work.
In the bible, when Moses was challenged by the children of Israel before
the Red Sea and he cried out to God for help, God asked Moses to lift up
his rod and strike the Red Sea. The Red Sea was parted not because of
Moses but it was God who parted it. And the children of Israel was abble
to walk through it safely. In another incident when the children of
Israel was complaining to Moses about not having water to drink, God
instructed Moses to speak to the "Rock". In spite of Moses hitting the
rock twice, water still flowed from the rock and the children of Israel
drank.
When Jesus was on earth ministering to the His people, He used His
authority to address the situation. While we know He always retreats to
the mountains to pray, it is seldom recorded in the bible that Jesus
prayed about the situation. He usually spoke what He wanted to see in
the situation! When the centurion requested Jesus to heal his sick
servant, Jesus only spoke healing into the servant's life and at that
very moment, the servant was healed. In another instance, Jesus spoke to
the daughter of Jarius who had just passed away and the daughter was
immediately raised from the death.
When come to things of God which Jesus Christ has redeemed us from: we
can speak and proclaim. We proclaim blessings in our lives. We proclaim
wholeness in our bodies. We proclaim prosperity in our lives. We speak
to a difficult situation to align itself with what we want to see it
happen. We can use the power of our speech to effect God's miraculous
work in our lives. Hallelujah!
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