5.31.08 Confessions Don’t Work!

That’s what many Christians truly believe.  “It didn’t work for me that one time, so it doesn’t work at all!”  And I’m here to agree with you.  Of course confessions don’t work.  Not if you suddenly get a ‘revelation’ of one at 9.30pm and half-heartedly repeat it in fear or desperation until you go bed a few hours later, after having let (keyword being let) the devil beat up on you and your family for the previous 15 hours.  I mean, really?

 

Wanna know a secret?  Your confession is much like your career.  When you were just a little tyke, I’m sure most all of the well-wishing adults in your life would ask “and what do you want to be when you grow up?”  The usual answers are often something like a doctor, a lawyer, a nurse, a scientist, a preacher, a police officer, or even a golfer (for the Tiger in us).  Not too many kids say they want to be homeless, or a stripper, a drug dealer, untrustworthy, an addict, a liar, or a person of questionable character.  Not judging any one because we’ve all sinned and fallen short, but the people who are stuck in this type of bondage today are more than likely people who never answered that question or people who simply lost sight of their original answer.

 

Any successful (even partially successful) professional will tell you that once they set their mind, mouth, and heart on their answer to that age old question “what do you want to be?” in the beginning of their career journey, and then set about doing the necessary things to make that a reality, along the way they began to see the ever-increasing fruits of their labor until one day they reach their pinnacle of success. 

 

Bible confessions work exactly the same way.  If you want the victory that comes from standing on the word of God, you have to start at the beginning and then chart a course of actions that will pull that confession from the supernatural realm into the natural realm.

 

What are you talking about?  Glad you asked.  I’ll give you an example.

 

Let’s say for instance, today, I woke up and for some reason I felt like I had ate nails.  I really don’t feel like being my usual ball of joy today.  I really don’t want to talk to anyone today, including my own self.  I just feel like I want to move quietly and invisibly through the world today and get back home in time for dinner.  Now, I know that emotions are divinely designed to move you in one direction or another.  I also know that, me being the introvert that I am, Satan will try his hardest to attack my emotions in such a way that will keep me locked inside myself, or my home, and away from the rest of the world – in essence, keeping me from spreading the love and word of God to other people in my daily life. 

Now because I’m smarter than the devil, as soon as I get up and realize what is going on inside my soul, I immediately begin to ask myself “what do I want to be today?”  After moving about the house for a few minutes, I finally settle in my heart that today I want to be a ‘worshipper’ – because that requires deliberate verbal efforts.  And since I’m spirit-filled and I yield myself to the spirit of the Lord, my body and my soul are going to have to fall in line.  So I start singing praises to my God and start getting dressed.  I throw on my ConfeesionTee to help keep in me remembrance of my confession for the day, and I’m out the door. 

Now, I know that when I lay my head down tonight, I will sleep sweetly because throughout the day I keep his praises in my mouth and I will withstand the tricks of the devil – because I know that today I am a worshipper – it even says so on my shirt. 

To sum up.  Confessions do work…but you have to work them, and God has given you the authority and the power to do so. 

 

 

 

5.15.08 Welcome to Wear the Word is Blogged

Since my childhood, I have held fast to a few scriptures that have really spoken to me and helped me through.  After really immersing myself in the teachings of the Lord, my church, and my Bible college classes over the course of the past year, I have (lackadaisically) accumulated a few hundred confessions and scriptures by reading my Bible, promise & confession books, handouts from church, and just listening to teachers of the word.  I have so many right now that it’s almost impossible (in the natural) to recall them off the top of my head.  I make it a point not to get into a spirit of religion or complacency by reciting the same confession over and over again without conviction by speaking confessions that apply to that day or hour.  One day, a few months ago, I began reading and reciting a 2-page confession on victory for my child.  Then a week later, I saw that she had come home from youth group with another page long confession on something else.  My spirit immediately became vexed.  All I could think was “why can’t we just confess the Word” – as opposed to confessing someone else’s 2 page prayer or wish list based on the Word.  From that point, I just purposed to confess the Word.  As I was going through a trying experience this week with my daughter, and searching for a word from God to stand on, I thought to myself how nice it would be if I could just wear my confession on a t-shirt everyday for the next few days as we go through this situation.  As I began to meditate more on the thought, it began to take root and grow, and became a full fledge business idea that presented several opportunities for God to work in our lives and in the lives of others.  Thus, Wear the Word was born.