DAY 17 - Faith Takes God at His Word

Faith Takes God at His Word

Faith is taking God at His Word. This is a simple truth to understand. For instance, what if I asked you, ”How can you prove what day of the month it is?” You’d probably answer, “By looking at a calendar.”

Now, think about it. We often put more faith in a calendar than we do in God’s Word? We have an easier time trusting the dates on the calendar than we do the promises in the Bible. I know I do but we need to renew our minds and adopt His thoughts (Isaiah 55:7-9).

We should pray and plan our life around the Word as easily as we plan our schedule according to the calendar. We should believe that God’s promises are true as readily as we believe the calendar.

God’s Word in Your Heart And in Your Mouth

Fourth, the Word of God must be in our heart and in our mouth in order for it to work. Our answer cannot just be our mental agreement; it must in the heart and spoken forth.

Also, we can’t just say a lot of “faith” words that we don’t really mean and expect to receive our answer. If we don’t really believe in our heart what we’re saying, the words we speak will not have any substance or power to them.

Faith that receives the promises of God will work by believing and saying. If we truly believe in our heart what the Word of God says we can affirm it without a struggle, and see improvements. Look how Jesus put it: The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks (Luke 6:45).

The Importance of Words

The words we speak are more important than most of us realize. If we walk down certain avenues from God’s Word but still speak negatively, we might get a bad attitude, become cynical, judgmental, and critical in our perspective and this might forfeit the contest for improvement.

We may put the Lord first in his life, maintain good stewardship, operate in the law of sowing and reaping, and work diligently at his job. But if we speaks words of doubt and unbelief all the time, we will not help but hinder the other scriptural principles. For example, if we says, “Well, I guess sowing and reaping won’t work this year because the economy is bad and inflation is sky high,” we could be neglecting our trust in  God and evading the principle of faith. Then, sometimes worry and skepticism multiply and we become discouraged.

So don’t talk doubt and unbelief. As you put the other principles of increase into action, exercise your faith as well, taking care that you always protect your heart and guard

your words.

Let’s start believing in our heart and saying with our mouth that we believe to receive change based on His promises. As we speak words of blessing and life from a pure heart, we can eventually experience more optimism, energy, motivation, and inspiration. The journey of receiving the promises is as important as the results.

We want have more and do more for the glory of God. We can increase and keep on increasing because the Scriptures say that the Lord will increase me more and more, both me and my children (Ps. 115:14).

The Holy Spirit is working in our behalf. Not only that, but our angels are on assignment and working to bring us opportunity. Lord is dealing with people to give to us good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. The Lord is working on our behalf. Let’s affirm His promises from the heart.