Watch Your Words

(Jesus) said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man. . .” ---John 5:6

The Bible has made it clear that Jesus directly asked the man lying on the porch by the pool if he wanted to get better. The man answered, “I can’t.”

Just as we can locate this man’s faith by his words, “I can’t” or I don’t, or I won’t, we can locate our faith by our words. In my daily devotion, I have taught a great deal on faith and confession (or saying what the Word says.) I have encouraged you to meditate on the Word, get it in your heart, become convinced that God is not a liar but will do what His word says He will do. I have encouraged you to speak out the confession at the end of the devotion which will put the words into the atmosphere, thus speaking out your belief and propelling faith into your future. You may accept this as truth, but when no one is listening and the pressure is on, we need to pay attention to what comes out of our mouths.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say, “my cancer” or “my diabetes.” I have even slipped on occasion. Our world system, of whom Satan is the god, makes sure that we are inundated with messages from the media, the doctors, and friends and family that it is normal to be sick and have pain! But this is not why Jesus died on the cross! He did not take those stripes upon his body so we can be sick. Isaiah in the Old Testament and Peter in the New Testament told us that “by His stripes (whipping and bruises) we have been healed! That means physical healing! He took on our sickness, disease and torments so you don’t have to carry them. Satan is the one who wants to break you down, make you think sickness, and accept his package of cancer or his package of diabetes or any other disease known to man.

The very first thing we must do is not accept this as YOURS!!! It is not YOUR cancer, it is the devils! It is not your diabetes; Satan is the author of disease. So, as you speak, don’t claim it as yours. You can say, this . . cancer, or whatever it is. But never say, “It’s mine.” When you do that, you own that disease. That is exactly what Satan wants you to do.

The next thing you can do is reject that disease, knowing that you are a child of God and you are covered in the blood of Jesus. Make the confession that by His stripes you are healed. You may not feel it yet, but keep saying it and you will be amazed at how much better you will feel. Eventually, the symptoms will lessen. Keep saying that confession over and over and then thank God for healing your body.

That is how you speak to the mountain of disease. In Mark 11:23, Jesus says, “Have faith in God. 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. Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”

Confession: I confess that I have not been speaking over my mountain in faith. I realize that my mouth has been speaking unbelief even though I believe that Jesus took my sickness and disease. I will not accept any package of sickness from Satan any more. I reject it in Jesus’ name!