WHY HAS GOD NOT ANSWERED YOUR PRAYER? (PART 5)
"Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: ... " - Deut 11:24 (KJV).
All along, in these series, we are trying to figure out why people don't receive answers to their prayer in spite of Jesus' statement in Matt 7:8, saying that "every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." - Matt 7:8 (KJV).
In Part 4 of this series, we talked about faith as a tool with which we can pull and receive what's already existing as a promise from God in the realm of the spirit into the physical for our enjoyment.
Today, we are going to see yet another tool, how with our mouths we can talk our way into the fulfillment of God's promises in our lives.
For instance, in the Old Testament, God had made a promise to give to Israel the land of Canaan for a possession (Exo 3:8,17; Deut 32:49; Ps 105:11; 1 Chron 16:18). But in Deut 11:24; we see God stating to Moses the term and condition for possessing that promise.
"Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: ... " - Deut 11:24.
Later, we see that the same term or condition given to Moses repeated by God unto Joshua, saying:
"Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses" (Jos 1:3). Much later, Caleb reaffirmed it (Jos 14:9). This is to mean that the eventual possession of the promised land was hinged on or was subject to their walking through it. If the soles of their feet didn't tread upon it to possess it, it remained simply a promise, never to be fulfilled.
Under the NT dispensation, Jesus Christ has fulfilled every of God's prophecy or promise to us and the confession (talk) of His finished work is given to us just as walking through the promised land was given to Israel as a precondition for possessing it. The picture of this was given in the old testament. When there was need for water, God instructed Moses to smite the Rock to give water to Israel in Exo 17:5-7. When later the need arose, God requested him to simply speak to the Rock to provide water for the people (Num 20:7-11). God was showing us here that He would get things done for us later in life by the mere act of speaking to our life situations.
As we pray confessing God's Word, we catapult ourselves through the length and breadth of God’s blessings or promises to possess them. In the OT, if you were not there with your feet treading, you won’t get it. So also in the NT, your mouth becomes the instrument to deliver God's promises to you.
"For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." (Matt 12:37).
"with the mouth confession is made unto salvation", the Bible says (Rom 10:10).
Again, we have it stated that "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;" (2 Cor 4:13).
You may believe God's Word and yet not have it fulfilled in your life. With the heart we believe God's Word (Rom 10:10). But with our mouths, we must confess what we believe. In other words, if you believe what God has said about you, it's imperative also that you say (confess) it with your mouth; otherwise, it remains simply a promise, never to be fulfilled. The Bible encourages us to be bold to say what God has said (Heb 13:6), never to let His Word to depart from our mouths if we are to experience prosperity and good success in life (Josh 1:8). Doing that makes us to be on the same page and direction with God regarding our lives.
"Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?" - Amos 3:3, NLT.
If God said it, you must confess it in order to receive it. Otherwise, it remains simply a promise never to be fulfilled!
PRAYER:
Dear Father, I believe in the finished works of the Lord Jesus Christ and by confessing them over my life's situation, I experience total victory, in Jesus name.