Chapter 3 - Spoken Words Begets Action
He went from there and “He led captivity captive” (Ephesians 4:8). He unlocked the place holding the souls of the just men who died in faith believing a Messiah was coming, and said, “Boys, it’s time to get out of here.” Ephesians says, “He led captivity captive.” On His way back to glory, He stopped by Joseph’s tomb and slipped back into the body named Jesus – a body that was so destroyed on the cross by the beatings and whippings that it was indistinguishable.
The Old Testament says, “So his visage was marred more than any man” (Isaiah 52:14). He went back into that body, and when this resurrected spirit struck, that body was completely restored. Life came back to it and emanated from it so that stones had to move. He then appeared and said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18). This is for you to see and understand that the will of God was done in Jesus’ life by His speaking the Word of God. The father’s will was accomplished in our justification by speaking His Word. If Jesus and the Father had to speak the Word, what makes you think that you are going to see God’s will in your life without speaking the Word of God?
Notice the Father did not say, “All the angles are going to worship Him.” He said, “Let all the angels worship him.” The inference in the latter statement is “now” because faith is always present tense. Child of God, this is how resurrection occurs in your life. This is how healing happens in your life. This is how the power of God is released into the circumstances of your life. Someone says, “I am waiting for God to intervene.” God says, “The Word is in your mouth and in your heart.” You are waiting on God to show up and He is waiting on you to speak it. You are waiting for God to restore your body and He is waiting for you to declare His word, “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.” You are waiting for God to make you victorious and He is waiting for you to declare His Word, “For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus have made me free from the law of sin and death.” You are waiting for God to meet your need and He is waiting for you to put His Word in your mouth and declare, “My God has supplied all of my need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
My purpose is to help you see form God’s Word how this is done. So at least, if you choose not to live this way, you will know why God’s will is not being accomplished in your life. If you do not start speaking God’s Word instead of whatever you want to say concerning the situation is not going to change. God does not want you sick, selfish, sin bound, battered, tossed about and defeated, He wants you saved, sanctified, spirit-filled, eternity conscious, blessed and empowered, always abounding in the work of the Lord. But He says, “I can only work with My Word.” Someone might ask, “Isn’t God with me everywhere?” Absolutely! But He is not manifesting His will everywhere.
The Father gave us a look at that in the Book of Genesis, where the Bible says, “In the beginning, the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). The Spirit of God was present, but nothing happened until God spoke, “Let there be light.” When He spoke, the Spirit of God moved with the Word of God to manifest the will of God. The Spirit of God is present with you right now. He has been with you and around you – He has never left you. He has not left, no matter what you have been doing, But He cannot move until somebody speaks His Word. When His Word is spoken, the Spirit of God goes into operation to bring that Word to pass.
