FAITH CAPSULE: The choice to control your mouth is your deliverance.

2 Kings 7:1-20

Understanding is the ability to listen carefully and be in charge of what comes out of the mouth. 
Truly understanding is a wellspring of life to one who has it. (Proverbs 16:22) 
Do you have an understanding of navigating in all ways?
All should take charge and not live as a potential fool. 
The Bible warns, “A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.” (Proverbs 18:7)
The word of God warns the mouth can indeed lead to destruction, but understanding can intervene for the mouth, not lead to destruction.
The Bible also warns in Proverbs 13:3, “He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.” 
Take note and know that understanding will cause the mouth to preserve life. 
With understanding, are you taking charge of your mouth, not to cause negative challenges, confessing negative in the place of positive?
For example, during the time of the prophet of God, Elisha, a severe famine reduced the land to a place of lack. 
While the shortage of needs was rampant across the land, “Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the LORD: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’”(2Kings 7:1) 
In response to the word of Elisha, with doubt, one of the officers of Elisha responded negatively and questioned Elisha how a breakthrough could be possible in the face of severe famine. 
The officer failed to control his mouth by stating negative but took the place of a fool.
The officer foolishly responded to the prophecy of Elisha when he spoke out of his mouth with a lack of understanding, “…Look, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, could this thing be (2 Kings 7:2)?” 
Imagine the demonstration of a lack of understanding that caused doubt from the officer.
Do you doubt what God can do? 
Can you imagine yourself waking up in the position of plenty instead of waking up in the place of famine? 
With understanding, if you know that God is still on the throne, then believe that miracles are not beyond God.
Elisha said the officer saw with his eyes but could not touch. 
2 Kings 7:20 records the end of the officer, “And so it happened to him, for the people trample him in the gate, and he died.” 
God opened the window of plenty; the lack no longer exists.
The officer could not control his mouth, confessed negatively, and destruction became his portion.
Jesus taught the possibility of God when He stated, “…With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26) 
With understanding, be in charge of your mouth with a confession.
With your positive confession over negative, the possibility in the place of impossibility is not beyond God to answer for you.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from lack of understanding.