The Power of Faith-Filled Words
You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you; ~ Job 22:28
This verse has carried me through many seasons of uncertainty. There have been moments when I didn’t know what to do, where to go, or how to move forward. But when I began to speak the truth of God’s Word over my life, even before a breakthrough came, my perspective of the entire situation shifted and hope re surfaced. So many dark moments when I felt so overwhelmed with just whisper of a scripture promise brought the hope of heaven on the scene and things began to move. Now I know that the words I speak from a place of faith open the way for God’s promises to come alive in my life personally.
Job 22 is part of a conversation, and while not every word in the chapter is direct instruction from God, there is a powerful truth tucked in verse 28. God honors declarations of faith that line up with His Word and His character. When we speak life, truth, and hope based on who He is, what He has said in His Word and what He has given us in our salvation through the blood of Jesus, we begin to participate in what He wants to do in and through us.
Here are some ways you can begin to implement this truth into your life’s circumstances:
- Start your day with a declaration. Say out loud what you believe God is doing in your life. For example: “God is opening doors for me today. I walk in peace and wisdom. I am growing stronger, and His favor surrounds me.”
- Use Scripture in your speech. Speak God’s Word into situations. Instead of saying, “I’m overwhelmed,” say something like, “God gives me peace that passes understanding” (Philippians 4:7).
- Write it down. Keep a journal of faith declarations. When God answers, you’ll have a record of how His light truly shined on your path through your confession of faith in what He has already promised you.
- Keep your circle strong. Surround yourself with people who speak faith. Hearing others boldly speaking God’s goodness will inspire you to do the same.
Take one area of your life where you’re unsure or struggling. Find a Scripture that speaks to that area. Write a short declaration based on that verse and begin speaking it out loud every day. Do this consistently, not because your words have magical power, but because your faith, when spoken, releases God’s power into your life circumstances.
Today I want to encourage you to remember that we are not powerless. Our words matter. When they are anchored in faith, heaven listens and responds. God hasn’t asked you to figure it all out. He’s simply asking you to speak His truth, walk in His light, and trust Him to establish what you say over your life in faith.
Today’s scripture reading: Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 “Can a person do anything to help God? Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
3 Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous? Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?
4 Is it because you’re so pious that he accuses you and brings judgment against you?
5 No, it’s because of your wickedness! There’s no limit to your sins.
6 “For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
7 You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
8 You probably think the land belongs to the powerful and only the privileged have a right to it!
9 You must have sent widows away empty-handed and crushed the hopes of orphans.
10 That is why you are surrounded by traps and tremble from sudden fears.
11 That is why you cannot see in the darkness, and waves of water cover you.
12 “God is so great—higher than the heavens, higher than the farthest stars.
13 But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us. He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.’
15 “Will you continue on the old paths where evil people have walked?
16 They were snatched away in the prime of life, the foundations of their lives washed away.
17 For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’
18 Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
19 “The righteous will be happy to see the wicked destroyed, and the innocent will laugh in contempt.
20 They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed. The last of them have been consumed in the fire.’
21 “Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you.
22 Listen to his instructions, and store them in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored— so clean up your life.
24 If you give up your lust for money and throw your precious gold into the river,
25 the Almighty himself will be your treasure. He will be your precious silver!
26 “Then you will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God.
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
28 You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
29 If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’ God will save them.
30 Even sinners will be rescued; they will be rescued because your hands are pure.”
Journal:
- What is one area of your life that feels uncertain or heavy?
- What does God’s Word say about it?
- Write a faith declaration you can speak daily based on that truth.
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