Talk To The Holy Spirit and To Yourself Daily
“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” Proverbs 15:4
There are people who wonder why the circumstances and experiences of their lives don’t seem to align with the wonderful blessings and provisions of the Gospel, despite being born again for several years. The reason is simple: they haven’t made their tongue their own tree of life.
Using your mouth rightly is a vital key that unlocks the blessings of salvation in your life! Peter tells us in 1 Peter 3:10 (NLT), “…If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies.” Though your tongue is small, it controls everything in your life. There’s no situation you can’t change if you make your tongue your own tree of life by declaring God’s Word over your life and situation.
Are you feeling sick? Speak health, wellness, and life to your body. Are you behind in your schoolwork and your grades? Declare that you have a sound, excellent mind, and speak success into your academics. Effect whatever change you want with your words!
Your mouth wasn’t given to you merely for eating and drinking; its greater use is for controlling your life. You’re where you are today because of what you’ve been saying. You can be anything you want to be, have anything you want to have, and achieve anything you want to achieve within God’s perfect will. The key is in controlling your life with your tongue!
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ (1 Corinthians 3:1).
The Apostle Paul had an experience with the Christians at Corinth; he wasn’t able to communicate with them in spiritual language. Therefore, in our opening verse, he reprimanded them for being carnal.
On another occasion, he said to the Christians in Rome, “I’m having to communicate with you at your level, because you’re yet to come to a higher level of maturity.” He said, “I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh…” (Romans 6:19).
It reminds of the experience Jesus also had with His disciples. John 11 tells us that Lazarus had fallen sick and died. When Jesus was informed, He said to His disciples, “…Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep” (John 11:11).
His disciples, not understanding His spiritual language, replied, “Lord, if he is asleep, he will get better.” Jesus had to tell them plainly, “…Lazarus is dead” (John 11:14). He had to speak to them in a language they could understand.
Have you ever found yourself in situations where you had difficulty expressing God’s truth to carnal men? For example, you couldn’t say, “I have a headache,” even though you felt a headache. The carnal man, on the other hand, sees nothing wrong in communicating at such a low level, failing to realise that as Christians, we don’t walk by our feelings, but by the Word.
You ought not to talk about sickness, even when you feel the symptoms of sickness in your body. Use the Word against any pain or anomaly in your body; command it to cease, and it’ll pass out of your body. Hebrews 13:5-6 says, “…for he (God) hath said…that we may boldly say….”
You’re only supposed to say what you have, that God gave you. Don’t affirm or accept anything that’s from the devil. Talk spiritual. Speak the Word only, and always.
Many of us are familiar with praying to God the Father and talking to the Lord Jesus Christ all the time. It is also essential for us to recognise that the Holy Spirit dwells in us and we must commune with his often and about everything
Talk to Him every day. I talk to the Holy Spirit more than I talk to any human person.
In the same way you’ve been talking to the Father and the Lord Jesus, consciously talk to the Holy Spirit. Address Him with recognition and reverence. Remember, He’s the conveyor of the presence and blessings of God; He’s the One who manifests God’s presence and His power wherever God wants it.
Think about the fact that this awesome, infinite personality of the Godhead lives in you and wants to communicate with you always. Interestingly, although His name is not “Holy Spirit,” He understands that you’re referring to Him or addressing Him because that’s how the Scripture refers to Him. It’s also amazing to realize that every time you talk to the Lord Jesus or pray to the Father, it’s the Holy Spirit who acts in response.
So, while He responds to the Name of Jesus and fulfils the petitions you make of the Father, recognize and commune with Him as the doer of the work! Notice again what 2 Corinthians 13:14 says, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.” Whom do we have communion with? The Holy Spirit!
While our legal fellowship is established through the Lord Jesus Christ, we are called to cultivate a vital relationship with the Holy Spirit. Talk to Him often. If you’ve been doing it, keep at it and encourage yourself in it. You’ll be amazed at how transcendent, impactful and excellent your life will be. Through His guidance, you’ll find your life propelled from glory to glory. Hallelujah!
Joshua 1:8 is the key to a successful life. The first thing I want you to note is that the heart was not mentioned at all in the scripture. It says the Word shall not depart from your mouth, not your heart. This means you must continually talk the Word. Secondly, to meditate means to “say to yourself”.
Thinking is not meditation; you have to say something. It may be by talking quietly under your breath or by roaring it aloud. You may have the Word in your heart, but if you don’t talk it, things will not change.
Proverbs 4:23 (MSG) lets you know that everything in your life originates from your heart (i.e. your spirit); it says, “Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts.” The result of your life is the reflection of what you’ve accumulated in your heart over a period of time.
The Lord Jesus said, “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good… for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh” (Luke 6:45). Jesus is showing you that what you say controls or directs the course of your life.
In the first chapter of the book of Genesis, the Bible reveals that God and His Spirit were there, yet the world was a chaotic mass until God spoke. God had to speak before creation leaped into being. You see, talking the Word is of utmost importance to the believer. Romans 10:10 says, “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.”
Put differently, a man is not saved by his believing, but by his confession. The reason is that the righteousness that is of faith doesn’t keep quiet; rather, it speaks (Romans 10:6).
God reveals Himself to you through the Word that you take into your heart. Meanwhile, the revelation alone wouldn’t change the circumstances of your life. However, by the time the Word gets to your mouth and you speak it forth, it becomes rhema – the active creative Word. This creative Word is powerful and will always produce results. If you want to be a mature son or daughter of God, you must meditate on the Word; you must be a talker.
Some people unwittingly pronounce death on their finances, bodies, and businesses on a continual basis. When the harvest of their confession comes, they’re quick to blame everybody – including God – except themselves for their woes. If only such people would realize that they can use their tongues to break that cycle of death.
If you see that your life is heading for the rocks, don’t wait until you hit them. Use your tongue to turn the path of life; make a detour at the right time. There are not enough limitations in the world to stop you when you speak God’s Word. All you need to do is fill your mouth with the Word of God. Keep speaking it because God’s Word in your mouth is the hope for your future. If you get a hold of this truth, it will catapult you to the mountaintop where you will be gazing together with Jesus at a world full of possibilities.
-GSW-