FAITH CAPSULE: Negative testimony provokes negative confession.

Numbers 14
 
It is written, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18:21) If your choice is life speak positive at every time you open your mouth and life will answer for you.
The children of Israel that went to spy the Promised Land could nottestify positive but negative. It was the spy’s negative testimony that provoked negative confession by the Israelites. The Israelite confess negative by stating, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” (Numbers 14: 2-3)God heard the negative confession and He responded, “…As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.” (Numbers 14:28-29) The Israelites spoke death and they all died. Seeing things in a negative light instead of being positive makes it much harder for one to prevail over one’s confronting challenge. When one confess negatively and not positively, one may end up damaging one’s desired response. Caleb and Joshua spoke positive and God responded to them, “Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.” (Numbers 14:30) Confessing negative in the face of challenge is same as complaining while confessing positive in the face of challenge is the evident of following God fully. Being optimistic in prayer and in how you view your situation will help you overcome adversity. As a child of God, let it be done in you that negativity should not be the sound coming from your mouth. Often, when you say it, it becomes reality. Ecclesiastes 5:6, “Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands? Producing a negative sound is like making a vow before the messenger of God. When that vow is made, it cannot be taken back. Claiming that an uttered vow was a mistake is not a good excuse; God will judge. In the face of challenge, be careful, avoid too many words and if you have nothing to say, keep quiet. You are a child of God; let no sound of negativity send you packing from your ground.
 
Prayer for today: Ask God to take over every area of your living life.