Today’s New Covenant nugget is from Romans 10:17 (NKJV)
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
When we hear the Word of God, faith is activated within us as believers. We have all already been given a measure of faith, but the faith that we have been given remains dormant until it is activated… hearing the Word activates our faith and causes it to rise up in our hearts.
There are different levels of hearing the Word, firstly, we hear the Word in casual conversation, we hear the Word when it is preached, however, when we SPEAK the Word ourselves and we hear OURSELVES declaring it, it encourages and builds our faith.
Most people do not ‘hear’ the Word much, others only hear it in conversation or preaching. The vast majority of believers do not regularly speak, confess and declare the Word with their mouths.
The enemy places the MOST resistance and puts the MOST effort into blocking believers from SPEAKING the Word and declaring it. The bible says that “The Word is near you, in your MOUTH and in your heart, that is, the Word of faith which we DECLARE, that if you CONFESS with your MOUTH the Lord Jesus (the Word) and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (be healed, prospered, delivered, preserved and be endowed with every blessing from the Lord)” (Romans 10:8-9)
The bible says in Hebrews 10:23 to hold fast the CONFESSION of our faith without wavering; for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful to His Word, and in Hebrews 4:14 (AMP) it says to “hold fast our CONFESSION [of faith and cling tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior]. Over, and over again, the bible tells us to SPEAK the Word with our own mouths, and yet, very few believers actually do it.
When you HEAR yourself speaking the Word, it has a PROFOUND impact on buidling your faith, it ACTIVATES faith on the highest level. FAITH is what RECEIVES what God has given, and without it, let not any man think that he will receive ANYTHING from the Lord. (James 1:6-7) We all have faith as believers, (Romans 12:3) but our faith has to be activated (dormant faith is no better than no faith at all).
Start DECLARING the Word today, like with Abraham, start saying what God says. When you speak His Word you are declaring what God says. Abraham's name meant ' Father of many nations" , as he went around declaring what His name was, he was speaking God's Words over his life and it built his faith to receive what God promised. As you declare and speak His Words, Faith will manifest and circumstances around you will change because of the power of God's spoken and declared Word.
In His amazing love, Esther