By Emily Wooten
There is a war in progress now. We can join the labor to reach as many humans as possible with the good news that Jesus came to save, heal and deliver or we can sit by and be beaten. We can let those we love be beaten or we can declare God’s word over them and ask God to send laborers to them.
Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Praise God, thanks to Jesus, we have a choice. We can choose to believe what God says about us, submit to his will and take his word as our own.
Words form in our mind before we speak. That is when we can judge them and choose what we will say.
The devil and familiar spirits clamor false doctrines and lies about God constantly. They try to cause humans to doubt God’s faithfulness. Music, blogs, books, movies, and social media are just a few of the mediums that can be used to confuse and distract. They can also be used to train and encourage.
If any thought argues a human cannot be born again, that thought is a lie. It is opposed to God’s will and should be cast down and rejected.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
When a human speaks the truth out loud, that puts the human in agreement with God.
Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he has made him (Jesus) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Submitting to God’s will includes believing and acting like God’s word is true.
Adam and Eve were warned and still chose to disobey. We’ve been warned repeatedly in many scriptures: attend to my words; hide them in you heart; acknowledge God in all your ways. These are just a few of the things God said to humans about putting his word first. We arrest our thoughts by speaking the truth in love, reject deceitful and disobedient thoughts and choose to say what God says.
Solomon instructed his children to write God’s word on the doorpost, keep them around their neck and meditate on them day and night.
When we ask Jesus to forgive our sins and be our Lord we are submitting to his authority and his truth. Submitting to his authority also means accepting our role as his ambassadors in this earth.
Ephesians 4:14-15 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.