Wisdom wrote in Proverbs 18:
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. (AMPC)
Our words have power. Most people are saying what they have rather than have what they are saying. Think about it.
Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 11:
12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.”
And His disciples heard it.
I am convinced that the fig tree is what Adam and Eve ate from in the Garden and Jesus not only gave us revelation of the power of words, but also the fact that He was judging the lawlessness and evil resulting from Adam eating the fruit of the fig tree.
20 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
Once again, the disciples were amazed at Jesus’ power through His Words. Greed is the root of all evil thus Jesus was judging the love of money also. How applicable it is today! Jesus responded to their amazement by once again instructing them in the supernatural:
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”
If we immerse ourselves in the supernatural rather than the natural, we will walk in the supernatural and speak according to the supernatural. We will rely on, trust in, and believe in the supernatural rather than what the world is saying. Death and life are in the power of the tongue! Jesus displayed this Truth to His disciples and to us.
We must train our hearts to believe everything we say. We must not allow ourselves to speak anything but the Truth and we must be willing to keep our word even when it is inconvenient to fulfill the word else we send our heart conflicting signals and hinder the fruitfulness of our lips.
Jesus instructed us to command the mountain rather than pray to FATHER and ask HIM to remove the mountain. A mature Son or Daughter will come to realize the power and authority given to us that will allow us to command and declare with the same power and authority as Jesus for we do it in Jesus’ Name.
Those who know FATHER’S Will and walk according to HIS Divine Intent do not have to ask HIM to fulfill HIS Intent, they are to operate exactly as Jesus did. It is time for us to produce fruit in the power and authority given to us by Our Lord Jesus Christ and overthrow the works of the devil.
The current pandemic has revealed the lukewarm state of the “church”. However, the remnant has not ceased to press forward toward full maturity. Jesus spoke healing and restoration without petitioning Our Heavenly Father to intervene.
We should not rationalize why we can’t operate in the same power and authority as Jesus did. In fact, He commanded us to go into all the world and command results to come forth in His Name. Jesus said, “In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Do we really believe the Words of Jesus or are we going to defer to the world’s perceptions? It is time to ascend to the higher spiritual state Jesus commanded us to operate in. Let us rise up today.