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| The Pulpit Mandate |
Faith is the raw material and prescribed tool available for
the creation of the extra-ordinaries of life. This follows the notion that the
Word of God is life and spirit. Above all, the Word is true and clothed with ability
to produce whatever it talks about.
However, the truthfulness of the Word is not sacrosanct to
automatically align with things desirable on its own. As a believer, it is your
responsibility to take advantage of the faith to produce whatever results or
goals you expect in your life.
Note that faith is not a finished product but
the raw material. God through faith spoke forth (created) the heavens and the
earth into existence, and all in it. By faith, Abraham became the father of all
nations, and we can count on and on.
In Hebrews 11:1, the bible says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen”, implying that faith sees as real what human senses consider as hoped
for. It sees things from the perspective of the finished work of the Lord, analogously,
as the title deed of a property.
The distinction between hope and faith is that
while the former is anchored on probability, the latter on certainty, and not
trying to get it. Faith looks beyond the physical, and regards it as already
done.
Interestingly, the scripture serves as guide and substantiation
that God’s Word has capacity to transform whatever circumstances once it is
applied with faith. In other words, if you do not exercise faith, nothing will
happen despite the fact that God said it boldly in his word and you know it. Our
conviction that empowers faith is from the Word and not from hypothesis or
suppositions.
Remarkably, it specifically Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart”. The knowledge of the above scripture is a sine qua non to the exercise of faith because God cannot lie, then,
the exercise leads to testimonies.
No wonder the bible says in James 2:20, “But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” Suffice to say that you’re the one to
appropriate all that Christ accomplished for us as clearly shown in the
scriptures through faith. The circumstances will not change on its own until
you issue kingdom directives. Lucidly, believing God’s Word albeit desirable is
nonetheless not enough. It must be followed by actions; if not, you’re simply
making your faith inactive or to be dead.
In 1 Timothy 6:12, believers are admonished to take active
and proactive actions concerning their destinies, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto
thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many
witnesses”. It is therefore logical to accurately conclude that it is our
duty to ensure that all our goals vis-à-vis our heritage in Christ are doggedly accomplished
because we have the mandate to subdue and exercise dominion.
This recalls that in the book of Genesis 1:26, “And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth”.
Similarly, in 1:28, our dominion is emphasized, “And God blessed them, and God said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
every living thing that moveth upon the earth”. We have been given the divine
mandate of dominion and to subdue circumstances in our respective world as the
representatives of the creator of the universe.
However, our operational tool
is the Word of God in our mouth, and not in the scriptures. To know that Jesus
spoke to the fig tree and it dried up is affirmation that He is the Lord of
Hosts. Instructively, the scripture was recorded for our teaching, and above
all, testimonies that the Word is true.
Take hold of God’s Word today and affirm with your mouth healing,
prosperity, success and victory already granted in Christ Jesus. Make the Word
the template that determines what comes out from your mouth. Declare that
you’re blessed, not because the circumstances around you are consistent with
the position, but because God’s Word says so.
Emphatically, in Ephesians 1:3, it says “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath
blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ”. From the construction of the sentence, it
means that you have been blessed, and not seeking to be. Consequently, your
disposition in prayer should reflect that God already blessed you.
Conclusively, stand on that position and appropriate
it to your life. That’s faith. No wonder the bible says “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God…”(1
Corinthians 3:19). Use your faith judiciously and take no answer from the
devil. You’re blessed!
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