THE SPEAKING VOICE

It worries the heart to find faithful believers who, over their really bad situation, they searched out scriptures, CONFESSED them, PRAYED with them, STOOD upon scriptural promises and eventually got DROWNED in that situation. Haven’t we seen Christian friends who lay weak in their sick beds, putting a high and contagious hope in the word ‘I SHALL NOT DIE’ in faith, but they eventually DIED in that sickness.

Preachers are at a loss to the reasons why certain things happen even with a great dimension of faith applied. Our only consolation always is ‘GOD KNOWS WHY’. God has been put into the equation, so we dare not ask why... even if we do out of frustration, we return at his foot pleading for His mercy. This has become the reality of the present day believer, but deep down we know this isn’t the gospel that divided the red sea as our preachers have taught.

Shying away from this reality doesn’t solve the mocking reality.

Believers have devised a more appealing way to soothe their pain... using scriptures to excuse inabilities. Among this is the popular “And we know, that ALL things work together to them that LOVE God and are called according to PURPOSE”. Rom8:28. In truth, many have sung this song but they died without anything really working out.

This has been a thing of burden, and I’ve realised some hard truths. First, you can’t just yank out a scripture from the BIBLE and enforce it into your situation and get a result. No, not at all. Christianity isn’t voodoo. Sincerely doing it doesn’t alter the lack of result. Secondly, there are some REALITIES and UNDERSTANDING one must attain before some WORDS will eventually WORK, even if it’s God that said so (This has it’s exceptions though).

I got a LIVING SOLUTION to these challenges... simple though, but they serve the bedrock of our Christian faith.

JOSHUA took over the mantle of leadership to take the small nation of Isreal into their land of promise. Seeing the herculean task ahead, GOD HIMSELF, and not a prophet, had to speak to Joshua. “THERE SHALL NO MAN BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO WILL I BE WITH YOU...” Josh1:5

Series of battles won, and then fast forward... Josh7.

They came against a small nation, AI, and they fled before them!

Joshua LOVED God, was Called according to PURPOSE and also WALKED according to purpose, yet he failed. If he were to be of this stock of Christians, Rom8:28 become valid. Besides, He had HEARD CLEARLY from GOD, ‘NO MAN WILL BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST YOU...’

Since God has SPOKEN... he believes it... that settles it... LIE!

Joshua had the SPOKEN word, his realities was in stark contrast to what was SPOKEN, though he loved God and walked according to purpose he wasn’t content, he had to go for the SPEAKING VOICE... On enquiry, it became evident that GOD WAS NO MORE WITH HIM. Note: He wasn’t at fault.

You cannot entirely stake your future on what God HAD said... what is God saying?

The power of the WRITTEN WORD lies in the SPEAKING VOICE. I shall be the head and not the tail is what is written about YOU, But has God said it about YOU and still says it TO YOU as an individual, not as a Christian?

The BIBLE won’t help you if God isn’t SPEAKING... This not the Rhema! Rhema!! we hear everyday... if it is indeed rhema, it will PRODUCE!

Rather that ask for progress, ENQUIRE what is STOPPING your progress... it is in the Prayer of Enquiry you understand the reasons why God’s word looks stale and dormant in your life.

Understand this; the fulfilment of a promise is in stages... each stage requires an INFORMATION. A promise can be challenged based on your lack of currency. Hence jesus compared the word to food... man shall not live by bread alone. We eat everyday for life, we must be alive to his SPEAKING VOICE everyday to make progress.

Do you see why your Confessions and Biblical Prayers overtime is powerless? What is God saying NOW?

AKPOVETA, Philip A.