FAITH CAPSULE: Engage the right word at the rough time.

2 Kings 4:8-37

Every word of God is a declaration not a decoration to hang on and not produce after its purpose. Bible was not playing with word when it declares that, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18:21) Are you speaking positive or negative in the face of your challenges? What you speak is what becomes of you. Jairus’s daughter was sick to death and Jesus was approached for healing. Luke 8:50, “But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.” Jesus’ response was a positive confession. Jesus then spoke to the child and the child rose from dead. For the children of Israel, the bondage of over four hundred years and Pharaoh failed to deny the promise of God. The negative confession of their mouth denied them from getting to their Promised Land. In their complain were negative confession that caused God to respond, “Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you.” (Numbers 14:28) The children of Israel had nothing positive to say when the journey seems to be challenging but negative such as calling for death. A barren Shunammite woman was in a location where she positioned herself to be a blessing to the Man of God Elisha. When Elisha decided to return to her with favor, Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, suggested that she was barren and her husband was old. Elisha prayed for the woman and she conceived and had a son. The child grew and one day he had a headache while he was with his father and the father sent him to his mother, “When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.” (2 Kings 4:20) The child died and the Shunammite woman decided to go and look for Elisha and her husband said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.” (2 Kings 4:23). Knowing fully well that the child is dead, she did not confess any negative. When she approached Elisha, Elisha sent his servant, “Please run now to meet her, and say to her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’” And she answered, “It is well.”(2Kings 4:26) The Shunammite woman repeatedly confessed positive, she had the right word at the rough time; she refused to allow her challenge to take over her. Always confess positive in the face of every negative challenge.

Prayer for today: Ask God for a quickening mind to always confess positive.