The Law of Confession (Part 3)

Your words say so much about you!  The words you speak will either deliver you or hold you captive.  It's important to realize that your words have the power to dominate your life.  The words you speak will literally create heaven or hell in your life, home, family, church, job, etc.

In this post, I want share with you five facts about how words affect our lives and identify who we are.  Proverbs 18:21 -- "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it, shall eat the fruit thereof."

1.  Faith Is Expressed In Words
Through what you say, you have the power to bring good things or bad things into your life.  For years faith has been taught in the church, but there is more to faith than just believing.  A function of faith is also "speaking words of faith" or "saying what you believe" and acting on what you say.

Let me give you an example.  You are not "saved" just because you believe in salvation.  Roman 10:9-10 states: "If that wilt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  For with the heart man believeth unto

righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."  It is with the mouth that we confess our faith and are saved.  Do you see the importance of faith being expressed in our words?

2.  Words Identify You
The words you speak will identify you as a person of faith, or a person of unbelief.  Your words will identify you as a person of life and peace or of death and fear.  It all depends on what you are saying.  An example of this would be the twelve spies from Israel who went over into the Promised Land to see what was there (Numbers 13 & 14). These men were identified by their confession.  Ten were men of fear because the came back and reported what "couldn't" be done, and two (Joshua and Caleb) were men of faith because they confessed what could be done based on God's promise.  Be careful how your words identify you to others.

3.  Words Affect Your Thinking
Proverbs 23:7 states - "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he..."  A man thinks the way he talks and talks the way he thinks.  If you continually speak words of negativity, then you will begin to think negative.  On the other hand if you speak words of encouragement and hopefulness, you will begin to think along those lines.

4.  Words Affect Others Around You
When you read the story of the spies who went into the Promised Land you can see how the ten spies who confess what couldn't be done influenced the entire nation of Israel. People tend to follow the negative, especially if it's a majority!  Your words are affecting your life, children, and all those around you.  Be sure to use them for the good.

5.  Your Words Determine Your Future
The words of Jesus in Mark 11:23 inform us that we will receive what we ask for when we believe what we say.  Even the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25-34) received what she said. In verse 28 she stated: "..if I may touch but his clothes I will be made whole."  That was her confession!  What is your confession, especially as it relates to your future?

Don't let your negative words determine your future.  Speak the Word of God and know that He has good for you!