I was starting to get
symptoms of a cold. The symptoms just kept getting worse and the voice in my
head said, “I’ve got a cold.” I hadn’t spoken anything out loud yet and
instantly I knew I needed to shout: “The Bible says, by Jesus stripes I was
healed, so I’m healed!” My cold symptoms were gone overnight.
Sometimes we need to shout
louder than the thoughts in our head—drown them out with a shout of God’s word
(the truth). For those of you who aren’t shouters, you can speak His truth in
your most assertive “outside voice.” Authoritative self-talk or self-speak with
God’s truths can have a powerful and positive effect on an apathetic,
wandering, or bored mind. It can rescue and release us from being lazy, the
victims of “maybe” or “I hope so.” And it can put a stop to confusion.
There’s a great example of
this principle in John 11 where Jesus shouted to Lazarus to come forth from the
grave. He had all kinds of negative words and thoughts coming at Him. First of
all the religious leaders were trying to shame Him in front of the people. Even
Lazarus’ sisters were bothered by the fact that Jesus hadn’t come earlier, and
they said so. It had been four days since he died and friends had gathered to
grieve. What did they think and speak when Jesus showed up late and told them
the dead Lazarus was going to live?
Since the Bible tells us
Jesus was tempted in every way that we’re tempted, His mind would have been
bombarded by all kinds of negative thoughts (Heb 4:15). The discord of
inaudible voices in the air was thick, raucous and confusing. I’ve been in
situations where I could almost hear people’s negative thoughts and accusations
and I bet you’ve been in situations like that too.
But Jesus put his faith in
what God told Him and in the midst of the confusion He stood in front of the
tomb and He shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” “And he that was dead came
forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with
a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, ‘Loose him, and let him go’” (John 11:43-44).
We need to be assertive
with the truth we speak to ourselves. We are not victims of our environments.
Our faith isn’t insipid or limp, but “strong in the Lord and the power of His
might” (Eph 6:10).
Jesus shouted louder and
with more authority than the voices of cultural norm; life returned to Lazarus.
Against the thoughts in my head, I shouted God’s healing words to my cold
symptoms; my good health returned to me. We are so blessed to have great
spiritual power available to us. (1 Pet 2:24)
Love, Carolyn
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