Even at those moments when things looked a little rocky, we never once said, “Oh dear, we just don’t know what these kids are coming to.” No, we knew exactly what they were coming to. They were coming to God because we’d said what He says about them and we remained confident He would bring it to pass.
Over the years, I’ve learned not only with regard to my children but in every other area of life to be diligent to watch over everything I say. I make it my aim to get rid of every untruth and speak all the time with absolute integrity. Like a fighter stripping every ounce of fat off his body, I endeavor to strip out of my vocabulary anything I don’t intend to come to pass.
Is that kind of diligence really necessary?
It is if you want what you say to have maximum impact. God can’t keep the power turned up on your words as long as you’re going around saying things like, “That just scared me to death. I thought I’d die.” For one thing, statements like that are actually lies. For another, using death to express yourself one moment and trying to speak faith and life the next just doesn’t work.
It takes a no-compromise attitude for your words to be consistently full of faith and authority. You have to get honest with God and with yourself about what you’ve been saying. You have to identify where you’ve been missing it and repent.
If you do that, you’ll get to the place where, instead of changing your confession when the devil pressures you with some kind of fiery trial, you’ll keep right on speaking The WORD. Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who refused to bow to the king’s idol, you’ll refuse to bow to the pressure and, just like they did, come out of the fiery furnace completely unsinged and smelling like a rose!
Every Step a Step of Faith
I remember one time early in my ministry, in the latter part of 1967, when I first began to learn this. I was in Oklahoma City preaching a series of meetings and I woke up one morning before the service so sick I physically couldn’t get out of bed. I knew I needed to get up and get ready but I literally couldn’t do it. Every time I opened my eyes the room whirled around.
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