Be a Person of Your Word

Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. -Matthew 12:34

You cannot separate yourself from your word, for you are only as good as your word.

I heard one minister say, “Sometimes a person’s faith doesn’t work because his word is not good.” After hearing this probably 100 times, I finally realized that if our word isn’t any good, our faith will never work.

Sometimes people aren’t used to believing their own words. If they don’t believe their words in certain natural areas of their lives, they’ll have a hard time believing their words when they’re standing in faith for something.

Faith is believing that what you say according to the Word will come to pass. Mark 11:23 says, “For surely I say to you, that whosoever will say to this mountain, Be removed, and be cast into the sea, and shall not doubt  in his heart, but will believe that those things which he says will come to pass, he will have whatsoever he says."

If you are going to be a person of faith whose faith works, you have to be a person of your word. Stick to your word. Keep your word. Honor your word. Watch over your word.

As you do, people may start talking about you, saying, “Boy, I’m telling you, if that person says something, you can just count on its coming to pass. You can count on him to back up his word.” When you gain a reputation like that, your faith will skyrocket!

CONFESSION:

My words create God’s realities in my life. I watch my words carefully and speak only truth and life. As I walk in faith according to God’s Word, I shall have whatever I say. So right now I say, “By Jesus’ stripes, I am healed!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999