Everyday there is an ongoing battle on the earth between the forces of the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light. There is a war for the souls and destinies of men.
The scriptures says in Ephesians
6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.” The word “wrestle” indicates
confrontation. It means we are engaged in spiritual warfare daily and it takes
those who are trained in the word of God to experience victory always.
You need to be equipped and
trained with your weapons to have victory in any form of warfare. The battle of
life is real and not imaginary. There is wickedness in this world that is run
by the devil. (1 John 5:19)
Believer's can be sure of victory
in this warfare but they need to know how to triumph. Lack of knowledge is the
reason many have failed and not because of the size of the enemy. All of the
host of hell cannot defeat one single believer. They know that because every
believer is backed up by the host of heaven. Jesus takes it personal when you come against his body.
Jesus taught us a principle in
Luke 17:21 “Neither shall they say lo here! or lo there! For behold, the
kingdom of God is within you.” After His resurrection, the curtains of the
temple were torn in two giving men access into God's presence. But another
miracle that was secured was the establishment of God's kingdom in the heart of
recreated men. Paul explained in Colossians 1:13
“Who hath delivered us from the power of the kingdom of darkness and translated
us into the kingdom of His dear son.” When we became born again, we were
transferred into God's kingdom of glory and power. Halleluiah! We can never be
conquered by the power of darkness.
Wherever a believer goes he goes
with the kingdom of God within. He is the kingdom in motion. If he confronts
any activity of darkness, he can put them to flight. Believers have an arsenal
of weapons at their disposal. One of those weapons is prophetic declaration.
Prophecy is lending a voice to
the truth of God's word planted in your heart by the Holy spirit. Prophecy is
not one shaking under spiritual booze and uttering words that only heaven
understands. True prophecy is giving a voice to the revelation of God's word.
Paul charged Timothy in 1 Timothy
1:18”This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy according to the prophesies
which went before on thee, that thou by them mightiest war a good warfare.”
Your prophetic declarations confront the strongholds of the enemy and bring
them down.
Prophetic declaration releases
the power of the kingdom of God anywhere it is directed. Jesus explained in
Matthew 16:19 “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and
whatsoever thou shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever
thou shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” The force of the kingdom
is released in words. The word of God is prophetic in nature and that is why no
circumstance, challenge or the devil can resist it. It causes light to shine in
darkness and, and restores life to any dead situation.
I read a book that captures a
story by the late Kenneth E. Hagin. It was a story about a woman who came to
him for prayers for her 15 year old son. When she asked him to pray, he told
her his prayer wasn’t going to do any good.
She asked him why, and he said to
her, “If I pray for your son, you’ll end up in the penitentiary and never
amount to anything. So it won’t do any good for me to pray for him.” In desperation,
she asked, “what am I going to do now?” He then counselled her: “stop worrying
about him getting saved and start thanking God for his life. Thank God for
taking care of him wherever he is, instead of worrying that something terrible
is going to happen to him. This may bring him home to you dead that way. Thank
God for him and declare, “Lord I cast all my cares on you because you are for
me and you care for my son. Wherever he is, he’s right in your hands.”
She began to learn that and
several months later she came back and said it worked. Her son is born-again
and just the same way he was all-out for the devil, he became sold-out to God.
Halleluyah!
You have the keys of the kingdom
in your tongue. Whatever you permit in your life will be but whatever you put a
stop to will cease. Heaven will respond when there is a declaration on earth.
Your job is to speak the word into that situation and God Himself will confirm
it with signs following. (Mark 16:20)
The prophet operated with the
weapon in the valley of dry bones as written in Ezekiel 37:1-14. The dry bones
mean lifelessness and helplessness. God gave him a word (vs 4) “Again He said
unto me, prophesy unto these bones, and say unto them, o ye dry bones, hear the
word of the Lord.” He spoke God's word to that hopeless situation. Verse 7 says
“So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied there was a noise and
behold a shaking, and bones came together, bone to his bone.” Believe me; no
power of darkness can resist the power of prophetic declaration that comes from
a faith-filled heart. Your destiny is tied to your tongue.
The scripture says that the
kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, joy in the Holy Spirit. If you want the
power of the kingdom to take over your life, marriage, business, ministry or
career then release it in prophetic declaration. Set God's word in motion. Peter reechoing Joel’s prophecy
said “And it shall come to pass in the last days saith God, I will pour out of
my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy...”
Acts 2:17
When you become born again and
filled with the spirit of God, you have received the capacity to speak words of
power. As you speak forth the word concerning your life by the spirit, you
prophesy upon your life.
Many believers need to grasp this
truth. You don’t need to wait for a prophet to see whether you have a good
future. You can create the future you desire by prophesying declarations. Learn
to prophesy to your life and future.
Your future is in your mouth. No
one else is responsible but you. God has given you the enablement to release
divine grace into your life.
Talk to your body, talk to your
finances, talk to your mind and declare as a prophet that “everything in your
life is living up to the Lord.”
Speak words of blessings over
your children, home, finance, family and over all that concerns you. Don't
participate in nagging and complaining, put a stop to the activities of the
kingdom of darkness by declaring the glorious Word of God.
