The sword of the spirit is the word of God. Yes.
Exactly. But what good is the Word
i you don’t make it your own? YOUR word
is your sword.
Take God’s word, make it sweet in your mouth, chew on it,
swallow it, digest it, integrate it.
Make it yours. Then speak.
God speaks in a thousand different ways to each of us each day.
He speaks in the majesty of
creation, He speaks in love and compassion, He speaks in ordinary
conversation. Scripture may leap out
at you as you read, you may receive a word from one gifted in prophecy, you
may hear God speak through your preacher’s mouth, or through a dear
friend. He may even speak blessing for you
through the mouth of your enemy. However you hear from God, receive it with all
your heart and make His word your own. Speak.
Isaiah 51:16: "I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand—I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, 'You are my people'."
Abba is telling us we are His people. Even when we feel far from blessed. Even when it feels like life is determined to
cast you down and keep you wallowing on the ground. Even when it feels like your lot and
inheritance is suffering and loss, if you are a Christian you are His. He speaks for you, He speaks over you.
Attune your ears to hear Him, seek after Him, pursue
Him. You will find Him. You will hear Him speak and as He speaks, you
speak. There is a purpose to speaking.
He established the worlds by speaking. He set the heavens in place and laid the
foundations of the earth by speaking. He
calls His people to speak even as He spoke.
Jeremiah 1:9-10: "Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, 'I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant'."
If you feel like you’re hearing nothing have no fear, He is
there and whatever you speak He hears.
Trust and believe you are His royal priesthood, authorized to speak your
Father’s will into every aspect of your life and affairs. His will for you is good. No matter the path He causes you to walk, His will for you is good.
So speak good. Speak good
for yourself. Speak good for
others. Let every word that proceeds
from your mouth be good. Let every word
that settles in your heart and rattles around in your mind be good. Feed on goodness until it becomes a part of
you. Let His word make you bitter waters sweet and
the fruits of your spirit good to eat.
It is so easy to see brokenness and bitterness in our
situation, the dark of night is so compelling.
But the light of Christ never goes out.
Hold that light in your heart and speak that light into your world.
Speak the compassion of Christ, speak his tolerance, his
kindness. Speak his power and
authority. Speak his sacrifice and his
victory. Speak your victory, it is
already foretold. It just needs you to believe
it.
Speak until you believe it.
Tell yourself, until you believe yourself.
And I'll rise up I'll rise like the day, I'll rise up I'll rise unafraid, I'll rise up, and I'll do it a thousand times again. And I'll rise up, high like the waves, I'll rise up In spite of the ache, I'll rise up. And I'll do it a thousand times again*
I invite you to hunker down before your mountain right now and
begin to speak. Let your problems know,
let your sickness know, let poverty and lack know, let oppression know, let
setbacks know, let hatred know that you will rise. And you’ll just keep on rising over and over
and over again.
You may speak words of scripture, you may speak
affirmations, you may speak poems or songs, you may simply open your mouth and
speak what comes. Rise up and speak!
I speak to my problems
I speak to my pain
I speak to my fires
I speak to my rain
I rise up
I speak my God given authority
I speak my freedom
I speak my victory
I speak my health, my wealth, my prosperity
I speak my ministry, my purpose, my destiny
I rise up
I take the energy of frustration and I call it motivation
The bitterness of defeat now makes my belly sweet
I take my loss and tell it ‘you ain’t the boss’
My victory was written in the stars
My good is my Heavenly Father’s heart
I rise up
Heavenly Father for you I rise
For me I rise
For them I rise
I rise despite the fight
And I’ll do it a thousand times again
For You.
Author: Max Patrick @VibranceMinistries
*Song credit : Andra Day, “Rise Up”
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