Hook Up With What God Says

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. -Psalm 19:14

When I first found out that you can have what you say, I just shut up for about three weeks. I thought, If I get what I’ve been saying, I’m in trouble! For instance, when I was in high school, I was a good driver. But, like everyone else in my family, I drove too fast. I remember just laughingly saying, “Boy, the way I drive, Ill never live to be thirty years old!”

I thought it was funny back then. When I found out what the Bible said, though, I adjusted what I said. I said, “The way I drive, I’ll live to be 125.” (Of course, I had to change a few driving habits too!)

We all need to stop and listen to ourselves speaking. So often we speak negative phrases over and over without thinking. But if we ever did stop to think about it, we’d realize, Dear Lord, that’s not what I want in my life!

If we keep speaking the same negative things over and over, eventually we will believe what we’re saying, and then we’ll have it. For example, I’ve heard people say, “I’m afraid I’ll have an accident. I’m just so afraid I’ll have an accident.” Then when they have an accident, they ask, “Why did God do this to me?”

But God didn’t have a thing to do with it. Those people stepped into a spiritual law that works either positively or negatively: They believed it, they said it and they received it.

Let’s use this spiritual law to our advantage and hook up with what God says!

CONFESSION:

I listen to the words I speak. When I discover I’m speaking something contrary to the Wordof God, I change it. I speak God’s blessings of divine health into my life. In Jesus’ name, I am healed. I am whole!

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