TAKING
THE WORD
Ephesians
6:1 0-18
Devotional:- “And
take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit which is the word of
God” (V. 17)
God’s
children today need to know that faith is a work and we need to labour to enjoy
its manifestation (Hebrew 4:11). We will need to labour
To
enter into our rest in God. Faith is that labour. We need to know for instance,
faith will not just be there in our hearts and we need to learn how to generate
it. If not, it could fail. Just like a power-generating set cannot supply
energy until it has generated it, so is our faith. It has to be generated to
deliver.
To
generate faith demands that you take the word. That is, you consciously sit to
locate God’s word that addresses your situation and meditate on how it solves
the problem. This is because faith comes from the word of God (Romans 10:17). The
word that transports faith in many cases is the word God speaks into your
spirit. It takes obedience to the word to deliver a sure result. When you receive
a word from God, and then meditate on it you will find a quickening power of
the word active in your heart (Joshua 1:8). At such time you are also sure your
result shall be a success.
When
you face a challenge, the first thing to take is the word. The first question to
ask is, Lord, what do I do? That is why your spiritual ear must be sensitive to
hear God in every situation. Don’t wait to train to hear God only when there is
a need. This you should do in every situation. Then you will be used to it
(Proverbs 3:5-6). Your ear of the spirit will be opened when you create time
regularly to fellowship with God with an open mind. When you can get this
right, you will surely get the expected result. Peace!
Prayer:
Lord, help me to always hear the word in my situation.
“UNTIL
YOU HAVE THE WORD FOR THE SITUATION, YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL”
