What does it
mean to put God first? When we study the word of God, God is able to speak to
us in ways that we’d be able to receive and apply to our life.
In the
natural when you look at a farmer when he plants his crops. There’s a process
that must take place in order for him to have a harvest in due time. He has to
prepare the ground and plant the seeds for the harvest that he desires. He
doesn’t plant one day and go out the next day and expect a harvest.
From the
time he plants the seed, until the time that the harvest appears maybe for the
six months. During the time as he’s waiting for the harvest, the seed must have
the proper nutrition. The ground must also have enough of moisture and this
comes in form of rain.
Just as we
as believers pray for something, there is a process that must take place in the
natural. This look at a Scripture, that talks about believing God.
Mark
11
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this
mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt
in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to
pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
For me that’s some pretty powerful Scripture.
If you look in verse 23, it talks more about saying. There is power in words.
There are so many scriptures that talk about, the power of the tongue.
Proverbs
18
1 Death and life are
in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
So today we really have to ask yourself, what
is coming out of our mouths. Are we speaking positive words, are we speaking
words of death.
Some of the things that we should be speaking
over her life as children of God are the following.
I’m a winner
I can do anything that my face today
I can do all things through Christ which
strengthens me
I shall not be moved by what I see her I
feel.
Some of the words that people speak, that are
not positive are the following.
I can’t do anything right
everything I do fails
I’m a loser
I’ll never amount to anything
I’ll never change
When we speak those words, God cannot really
move in our life. The reason he cannot move is, because we are not given them
anything to work with.
So one of the things that you must do, if we
find ourselves speaking words of doubt, is find out what you really in our
heart.
There so many times when our heart will be
filled with lies. This is really a deception of the enemy. Many of us may have
had a lot of bad things happen to us, but our past should not determine our
future.
There are things in life that happen that may
not seem fair.
You may have had a bad marriage. The marriage
might’ve ended in divorce. You may be facing a lot of pain and disappointment.
And the pain is real. However, the only thing that is going to get you through
it, is a true relationship with God, through Jesus Christ.
