Kenneth Copeland Devotional Saturday June 24, 2017 -Don’t Tell It Like It Is
Kenneth Copeland Devotional
Topic:Ā Don’t Tell It Like It Is
Key Verse: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. – Proverbs 18:21
Words are serious business. And, as believers, we need to get serious about learning how to use them. We need to begin to put them to work for us like God Himself does. The Bible tells us that He uses words to ācall those things which be not as though they wereā (Romans 4:17).
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Most of us donāt have the faintest idea how to do that. Weāve spent our lives ātelling it like it is.ā Weāve constantly used our mouths to report on the sorry state of affairs around us. Thus, the very thought of calling āthings which be not as though they wereā seems a little crazy.
āYou mean Iām supposed to say, āIām healedā when Iām feeling sick? Iām supposed to say, āIām prosperousā when Iām penniless? That sounds like lying to me.ā
No, no. Thereās a vast difference between lying and speaking by faith. A lie is meant to deceive someone. Itās designed to make someone believe something thatās not true. But to speak by faith is simply to speak words that agree with the Word of God instead of the circumstances around you. Itās speaking from your spirit instead of from your mind.
As the Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:13, āWe have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, I have believed, and therefore have I spoken. We too believe, and therefore we speakā (The Amplified Bible).
Now thatās important. Read that verse again. āI have believed, and therefore have I spoken.ā
There are some folks who speak the words, but they donāt have the faith to back it up, and as a result, they fall flat on their spiritual faces. They didnāt actually ācall things that be not as though they were.ā They called things that be not the way they wished they were.
Those are two very different things. The words may be the same. But just wishing and hoping wonāt get the job done. Youāve got to believe.
Begin today bringing both your tongue and your heart in line with the Word. Stop ātelling it like it isā and start speaking and believing the promises of God. Put the power of words to work for you.
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 15
This Daily Devotional was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland