IT'S IN YOUR MOUTH

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. (James 3:10)

I told you yesterday that your deliverance is in your mouth.  Do you remember that?  Your blessing, though it tarry for a season, it has not been denied.  Sometimes we will stop, hinder, or delay our own blessings, by what comes out of our own mouths.  Our faith not being consistent with the thing that we believe God for, we find ourselves wavering on the promises of God. 

How can God operate in unbelief?  But, you think that you are believing, but your confession on that belief is not consistent with God's word concerning faith.  You speak blessing and cursing within the same breathe.  You tell God you believe him, but then you say if it's his will.  You tell God you believe, but within the same mouth, you utter unbelief and doubt.  Well, if he promised it, is it not his will to perform the thing which he has promised to those that believe?  Is he a man that he should lie and not honor his own word?  Not at all!  Whatever his word says is sure and it is true.  There is no variance in him, nor shadow of turning. 

I had been praying concerning some things and expecting God to perform the request I made.  Though it did not come when I anticipated, it came right when I needed it.  There are a great many reasons God may delay our blessings.  Sometimes it is to our benefit that our blessings are held up.  At other times, they are delayed because we cannot consistently hold on to our faith long enough for him to perform the things that we've asked of him.  I held on to my faith and kept believing.  I didn't know how or when, but I know God was going to come through for me.  Though my week started out with unfinished business and closure from my past, the delayed blessing of my prayer came through at the closure of my past.

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You see, sometimes God will wait till all doors are closed, because he does not want a curse to partake of the blessing that he is about to release to you.  If there is still a door open and a possibility that it could attach to what he is doing, he will hold it back until the door is closed, then release the blessing.  I feel like someone has been waiting on some answers from God and for him to release some things, but you have not been consistent in your faith concerning the matter.  The Lord told me this morning, "the curse cannot partake of the blessing".  I don't believe its merely a word that speaks to my situation, but that word is for someone else as well.

You may be locked into a relationship or coming out of one and wondering why you are having such trouble getting it together.  Well, if you have been wavering in your mind about going back and forth instead of trusting God to take care of your needs, then surely he cannot do all that he would like to do, because you are holding back his hand on the matter.  He wants to bless you and give you all that is needed, but you need to believe that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him and the way and provision is going to made by him and through him.  You cannot put your confidence in man, but you have to believe that God has the final word on the matter.  He is capable without any help from anyone to take care of you and all that concerns you.  Do you believe that?

Your situation is yet for a season.  I just came out of tough season in the wilderness.  A season is not meant to last a lifetime, but it is for a purpose.  There are only four seasons in a year and the end of each, we transition into another one.  They are not meant to last throughout the year.  Though sometimes the seasons seem to stretch beyond their expected time.  Sometimes they are prolonged.  It stays colder longer than expected or hot longer than anticipated.  Eventually, the season does change because they are only intended the last for a time.  When we are in a season, we might not like the climate or what we have to deal with, but we still have to go through it.  It's not going to change because you want it to.  The testing of our faith produces something in us that causes us to stretch our faith (James 1:3).  Whereas you thought in times past that you would or could not endure the thing you went through, when storms come again, you know that you are fully capable to withstand because you grew during the last trial while you were tested. 

You have to know that your profession during your season is important to what God does at the end.  Can he trust you in the end for what he has planned for the next elevation?  It does matter how you go through the trial.  It does matter what you say while you are going through.  Did you believe God while you were going through?  Let the words of your mouth and meditation of your heart be acceptable in his sight (Ps 19:14). Let your conversation be that which edifies and speaks to what is fruitful to your life and situation.  They always say, "keep hope alive".  I understand that because unless a person can hope in something then they have nothing to look forward to.  I don't say hope, but I say keep faith alive, so that the blessings proceed out of your mouth continuously and speak to the affirmation of God's word.

Stir up your praise to ensure that your praise lines up with your faith.  If we say that we believe but yet wait till the manifestation to give God credit for the blessing, are we really believing?  But if we say that we believe and our praise reflects that God has indeed done the thing before the manifestation, then we are really believing. 

Be blessed women of God!