“Hope will fall like rain when you speak life with the words you say.” – TobyMac
Walk it Like I Talk It is a 2018 release by Migos, nominated by BET for Video of the Year. As I watched their performance on the BET awards, the hook of the song stood out to me. (Probably because I couldn’t understand anything else that they were saying 😉)
Walk it like I talk it…walk it like I talk it….
I heard God say, “So, how is that working out for you?”
I realized it was time to have a conversation with the Lord.
Made in His Image
When God made man, there was no creature in existence like him. He was a unique creation…the only one that had a prototype.
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27 (NKJV)
Being made in the image of God means that we are like Him. We are carriers of His DNA…carriers of His Spirit…carriers of His power and authority (Luke 10:19). God created the world in 6 days, not with the labor of his hands, but with the power of His words. Whatever He spoke manifested into reality. “Let there be”…and it was…”and it was good.”
If we are made in His image and carriers of His power, we have the same ability to speak and watch it manifest before our very eyes!
I realized that my current life position was directly related to the atmosphere I had created with my words.
Walk it like I talk it…
What Are You Talking About?
After my revelation, I became intentional to listen to my words during daily conversations:
“I seem to catch every germ and virus that comes along.”
“We can’t afford that!”
“I am just so tired and overwhelmed.”
“Yes, but…”
I listened to the words of others as well.
“I think I’m losing my mind.”
“Girl, come on and join the broke club.”
“It is what it is.”
Ironically enough, the situations we were all complaining about had a lot to do with the manifestation of our confession. We were eating the fruit of our words.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. – Proverbs 18:24 (KJV)
We can either speak words of life or death, negativity or positivity. Creating a different atmosphere or trajectory for your life can start with the simple task of changing your words. Your words create thoughts, thoughts produce feelings, feelings inspire choices, choices generate actions, and actions determine habits.
Therefore…negative thoughts produce negative feelings. Negative feelings inspire poor choices. Continual negative actions arise and become habits, leaving us in a downward spiral of despair.
What is the solution? A pity party, new hair style, or a pint of Ben & Jerry’s?
No- Watch your mouth and change what you are talking about!
(Side note: You may also need to watch who you are talking with because misery loves company 😉)
Return to Sender
Sound produces movement. Just as God spoke the world into existence and Jesus spoke healing for many, our words produce movement in the spiritual realm. For example, Daniel fasted and prayed for 21 days. On the first day that he prayed, angels were dispatched on his behalf. Daniel’s words caused movement in the heavenlies!
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. – Daniel 10:12 (KJV)
We often speak idly not realizing that our words, just like Daniel’s, cause movement in the heavenlies. How many times has an angel been on its way to your location with a blessing in hand, but your negative, faithless words marked the package, “Return to Sender?”
You Will Have What You Say
It is interesting how many people will underestimate the power of a positive confession. If the natural world can utilize the concept and create changes in their outlook, how much more can a vessel of the Holy Spirit achieve with a consistent, faith-filled confession?
For truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. -Mark 11:23 (MEV)
The Word of God tells us that we can have whatever we say, we just need to make sure that we are saying and believing the correct confession. How do you know if what you are speaking is correct? Go back and look at the prototype.
…the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. – John 6:63b (KJV)
You don’t have to come up with something new…name it & claim it, blab it & grab it, and any other gimmicky catch phrase. You just need to speak the Word! His Word is filled with promises for you – and they are life giving. It’s hard to go wrong with speaking what He has already said.
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10).
I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me (Philippians 4:19).
Let this mind be in me that is in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5).
When we speak negative and faithless words, we make God’s Word of non-effect. You must be able to see past the natural and speak from the spiritual. Abraham gives us a great example:
He is our example and father, for in God’s presence he believed that God can raise the dead and call into being things that don’t even exist yet. Romans 4:17 (TPT)
God said that Abraham would be the father of many nations when his wife was barren and there was no apparent heir. He stood on that promise by faith and “called those things which be not as though they were.” By speaking what God said, he saw what God said.
Speak It By Faith!
Think about the situation that is causing you frustration right now.
What have you been saying about that situation? Have you been magnifying it with your words? Have you been using hopeless, defeated, self-sabotaging language when you talk about it?
Make a conscious effort to change your outcome by changing how you speak about your situation. Grab a promise from God’s Word pertaining to your situation to declare & decree over your life. Keep speaking the words by faith and thanking God in advance for the manifestation. Be patient, your package may need heavenly rerouting from Grumbling Boulevard to Praise Parkway.😊
I’d love to know how you plan to “Walk It Like I Talk It”. Post your decree in the comments below.