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Have you ever heard of the “Vocabulary of Silence”?
If you have ever been under pressure in your life – things going wrong at work, a sickness you just can’t seem to shake,
constant fighting in your personal relationships – you may not be able to say things that are positive or in line with the
Word of God. Everything going on in your life seems to be the total opposite of what God says should be going on in
your life – prosperity, peace, health.
At times like this, you know if you open your mouth, whatever you say will be negative. You might pop out, “I don’t know
why this is happening to me. Every time I think I’m over this flu, I get sick again.” “Every one is getting laid off at work; I
bet I will be next.” DON’T. Don't say anything.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, or desired. Faith is the raw material, the spiritual raw material, from which
things you desire are made. When you speak the Word of God, you are creating those very things so they come to pass
in your life.
If you have faith, the things you DO want will come to pass in your life.
Fear is the opposite force of faith. It is the substance of things not desired. When you speak the words of the devil –
fear, doubt, unbelief, negative, lack, poverty – you are creating those very things so they come to pass in your life.
If you have fear, the things you DON'T want will come to pass.
Take the story of Jairus in the Bible told in Mark 5. Jairus came to Jesus on behalf of his daughter. When he left his
house, his daughter was very sick. In verse 23, Jarius spoke what he wanted to come to pass:
That is the end result he wanted – and decreed. So Jesus heads off for Jairus’ house – and gets sidetracked into
healing the woman with the issue of blood.
While Jesus is over there healing this woman, people come from Jairus’ house and tell him, “You’re too late, your
daughter is dead. Give it up. Why are you bugging Jesus with this when she’s dead?” (author’s paraphrase).
Here is where the Vocabulary of Silence is vital. Jairus had the opportunity to let words fly out of his mouth. He could let
fear come in and wrong words come out. Yet he has already said what he wanted by speaking in faith what he wanted to
come to pass – his daughter’s healing.
Now he’s under pressure. Everything around him is screaming the opposite of what he decreed. You can be guaranteed
that inside his head he heard, “It’s too late, she’s dead, dead, dead.” He had to make a quick choice – life or death?
As soon as Jesus heard what the runner said, He turned to Jairus and said, "Be not afraid, only believe" (v. 36). So
Jairus said… NOTHING! He had already spoken the words of faith: She will live. Even if everything looks backwards, he
kept his mouth shut and received what he decreed.
Jesus walked into that situation, and there was the little girl, dead in the natural. Listen to the words of Jesus: "She's not
dead. She's asleep!" (v. 39, paraphrased).
Bad news was destroyed by silence. Jairus’ previously spoken words trumped death. Had he broken down, wept, wailed,
and said, “Oh my gosh, this is YOUR fault, Jesus. If you hadn’t stopped and healed that woman with that issue of blood,
you could have gotten to my daughter in time. But nooo, you had to stop and heal her and now what happens? MY
daughter is dead, dead, dead!”
This is the way Jesus worked. When He set out to change what was seen (like sickness or poverty), He would not talk
about what was seen. He would not consider the thing seen as being permanent, He saw anything contrary to the Word
of God as only temporary.
So learn the Vocabulary of Silence today. When everything comes against you and you think you’ll say the wrong thing –
words that will negate what you have decreed by faith – KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
If you have ever been under pressure in your life – things going wrong at work, a sickness you just can’t seem to shake,
constant fighting in your personal relationships – you may not be able to say things that are positive or in line with the
Word of God. Everything going on in your life seems to be the total opposite of what God says should be going on in
your life – prosperity, peace, health.
At times like this, you know if you open your mouth, whatever you say will be negative. You might pop out, “I don’t know
why this is happening to me. Every time I think I’m over this flu, I get sick again.” “Every one is getting laid off at work; I
bet I will be next.” DON’T. Don't say anything.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, or desired. Faith is the raw material, the spiritual raw material, from which
things you desire are made. When you speak the Word of God, you are creating those very things so they come to pass
in your life.
If you have faith, the things you DO want will come to pass in your life.
Fear is the opposite force of faith. It is the substance of things not desired. When you speak the words of the devil –
fear, doubt, unbelief, negative, lack, poverty – you are creating those very things so they come to pass in your life.
If you have fear, the things you DON'T want will come to pass.
Take the story of Jairus in the Bible told in Mark 5. Jairus came to Jesus on behalf of his daughter. When he left his
house, his daughter was very sick. In verse 23, Jarius spoke what he wanted to come to pass:
That is the end result he wanted – and decreed. So Jesus heads off for Jairus’ house – and gets sidetracked into
healing the woman with the issue of blood.
While Jesus is over there healing this woman, people come from Jairus’ house and tell him, “You’re too late, your
daughter is dead. Give it up. Why are you bugging Jesus with this when she’s dead?” (author’s paraphrase).
Here is where the Vocabulary of Silence is vital. Jairus had the opportunity to let words fly out of his mouth. He could let
fear come in and wrong words come out. Yet he has already said what he wanted by speaking in faith what he wanted to
come to pass – his daughter’s healing.
Now he’s under pressure. Everything around him is screaming the opposite of what he decreed. You can be guaranteed
that inside his head he heard, “It’s too late, she’s dead, dead, dead.” He had to make a quick choice – life or death?
As soon as Jesus heard what the runner said, He turned to Jairus and said, "Be not afraid, only believe" (v. 36). So
Jairus said… NOTHING! He had already spoken the words of faith: She will live. Even if everything looks backwards, he
kept his mouth shut and received what he decreed.
Jesus walked into that situation, and there was the little girl, dead in the natural. Listen to the words of Jesus: "She's not
dead. She's asleep!" (v. 39, paraphrased).
Bad news was destroyed by silence. Jairus’ previously spoken words trumped death. Had he broken down, wept, wailed,
and said, “Oh my gosh, this is YOUR fault, Jesus. If you hadn’t stopped and healed that woman with that issue of blood,
you could have gotten to my daughter in time. But nooo, you had to stop and heal her and now what happens? MY
daughter is dead, dead, dead!”
This is the way Jesus worked. When He set out to change what was seen (like sickness or poverty), He would not talk
about what was seen. He would not consider the thing seen as being permanent, He saw anything contrary to the Word
of God as only temporary.
So learn the Vocabulary of Silence today. When everything comes against you and you think you’ll say the wrong thing –
words that will negate what you have decreed by faith – KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
| "My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.'' |
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