A Nugget from New Life Network
(by Dr. Larry Ollison)
Scripture for the Day (May 21, 2018)
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. (Proverbs 6:2)
Man was created as a speaking spirit in the image and in the likeness of God. Man was created to look like God and to act like God. No other creation was created in His image and likeness – only man.
God is a three-part being. The Bible tells us in 1 John 5:7 that “The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, these three are one.” Jesus said, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9), and “I and My Father are one” (John 10:30). Man is a three-part being. He is spirit, soul, and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23). So God is a three-part being, man is a three-part being, and man was created in the image and likeness of God.
Ephesians 5:1 says that we are to act like God. While we are not God and will never be God, God did create us in His image and likeness, so obviously, He wants us not only to look like Him, but to act like Him. Simply put, God wants us to love what He loves and to dislike what He dislikes. And we also must remember that God has not changed and does not change.
The Bible tells us in the Old Testament that God the Father does not change and in the New Testament, Hebrews 13:8 tells us that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” So we can say with confidence that the things God liked 5,000 years ago, He liked 2,000 years ago at the time of Jesus and He still likes them today. Likewise, the things God disliked and spoke against 5,000 years ago, He disliked and spoke against at the time of Jesus and He still dislikes and speaks against them today.
God is not politically correct, nor does God’s plan to change with society.
God created man as a speaking spirit so that we would have the authority to speak His Word on the earth and take authority over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). The life you are living today was framed by the words that you spoke yesterday. And the life you will be living tomorrow is being framed by the words you speak today. Quite literally, your life and your death are in the power of your tongue (Proverbs 18:21).
When someone believes in their heart the truth of God’s Word and they speak that truth, it comes to pass because their faith activates the Word. The words of Satan have no power unless you repeat them. If you listen to the lie of the enemy and speak the lie, it activates the opposing spiritual force of fear and enables the enemy to do his work. We could say that repeating his lie is aiding and abetting the enemy because it enables him with power and gives him permission to
destroy.
Faith and fear are the two spiritual forces that activate power and release angelic spirits to do their work. When faith is spoken, according to Psalm 103:20, it activates the angels of God to bring His Word to pass. We know that angelic spirits are on the earth for the purpose of ministering to the children of God. But they can only do this as they are instructed by the voice of His Word and Christians are the only ones authorized to speak His Word in faith. We have been given that authority.
As a speaking spirit, you choose to release the Word of God into the earth or you choose to release the words of the enemy into the earth. Either way, it’s your choice. And your harvest in life will depend upon your choice.
Jesus said in Mark 11:23 that if we believe in our heart that what we say will come to pass, we will have what we say. Although the words of the enemy are powerless unless he can convince you to speak them, likewise the Word of God is ineffective in your life and the power of grace is hindered until you activate God’s Word by being His voice on the earth.
