Back to Basics II

Monday 11 September
READ: Psa. 119: 9-16 
MORE LESSON:  Psa. 119: 97-104

The second basic ingredient that makes shining a reality and greatness touchable is the place of the Word of God in a man's life. To keep darkness out and increase the intensity of the light, one must give the Word of God priority in one's life. The entrance of thy words giveth light...: Psa. 119:130, implying that the more the Word of God enters the more light you have. David boldly declared, I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditations: Psa.119:99. King David had such a testimony because he didn’t neglect the basics for other duties, as busy as he was. David had his priorities well arranged. He knew that where there is no wood, the fire goes out.

We are in the days when thick darkness covers people. One of the ways to escape the darkness is to create quality time for the Word of God. The Word of God is the source of faith to be able to shine in this world and to receive crowns and rewards eternally, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God: Rom.10:17. The more you stay in the place of hearing the Word of God (on devices, at meetings etc) and you believe the Word along with obeying/applying what you hear, the more faith is produced in your life. The more faith you have, the more God shows up in your life that makes you experience the miraculous and the more giant strides you take out of smallness into greatness.

Ensure that you are occupied with the Word, ...The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart...That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: Rom.10:8-9. The first place is your heart, keep the Word in your heart as you read it or hear it, believe the Word in your heart. Some people read the Word like a story book, immediately they close the book, they forget what they read and it’s business as usual. That's not the way to handle God's Word and get results. The Word must be stored in the heart by reading,  memorisation and meditation for understanding, and  for application at any point in time.

Confess the Word with your mouth. Say what God's Word says in every situation, not what the environment or circumstance says. What audacity has the Word to be what you confess in every circumstance? The audacity of God, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God: Jn.1:1. Confessing the Word brings God into a situation and when God is involved, satan and darkness have to run away!

When you constantly keep the Word of God in your heart and confess it, God will move mightily in your life. You will be greatly relevant where you work and where you live.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to help you value His Word as  the basic building blocks for your life.
* Destroy all hindrances to the power and effect of the Word in your life.
* Declare the Word of God will work for you, in Jesus’ mighty name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Today, I prophesy a celebration that swallows up my past pain and turns my mourning to dancing all through the year, in the mighty name of Jesus.