Daily Devotional: Day Two: Understanding the operation of the Kingdom in my heart to produce the life of God.

3. Speak The Word of Faith and expect the impossible to become possible. Mark.11:23 & 24.

Main Theme

Speak the Word of God in faith, to keep your heart established in His promises, and patiently expect the harvest of what He has spoken. The Holy Spirit brings into existence things that previously did not exist as we declare in faith the Word Jesus has spoken to us. Through faith-filled declarations, mountain-like situations can be removed, and what once seemed impossible can give way to realities that we had not previously seen or experienced. This Kingdom principle is taught by Jesus in Mark.11:23 & 24.

The Kingdom operates through us speaking words of faith without doubting in our hearts. However, speaking the Word is not a one-time activity and we must continue watering the seeds we have sown in our hearts through our daily confessions of the truth, thus maintaining our confidence that what the Lord has promised will come to pass. We must also refuse to allow contrary circumstances to divert our attention from the Lord’s Word or to become a greater reality in our hearts than what the Lord has spoken.

This fact does not mean that we ignore difficulties or neglect using wisdom. Rather, it means that we remain established in the truth, by continuing to speak in faith, and following the Holy Spirit’s instructions while waiting for the manifestation of the Lord’s promises.

Jesus further explains this Kingdom principle through the illustration of a seed planted in the ground in Mark.4:26-29. Just as a seed grows through stages—first the blade, then the head, and afterward the full grain in the head— so the Word of God sown in our hearts develops towards its appointed harvest, even when we cannot see or understand every part of the process.

A farmer does not continually dig up a seed to check whether it is growing in the soil. He trusts the process and allows the seed to develop until the harvest is ready. Likewise, we must not dig up the Word sown in our hearts through doubt, fear, contradictory confessions or abandoning our confidence in what God has spoken.

The absence of an immediate result does not mean that nothing is happening. So we must remain steadfast, by continuing to confess the truth, obeying the voice of the Holy Spirit faithfully, and refusing to let opposing circumstances convince us that God’s Word has failed. The Kingdom is always at work in our hearts even when we cannot explain every detail of how the manifestation is taking place.

Take-Home Point

Under no circumstances uproot the seed of God’s Word in your heart through doubt, fear or discouragement. Just keep speaking the Word in faith, by continually watering it daily through your confessions, obeying the voice of the Holy Spirit, and patiently trusting the Lord’s process of fulfilment. Even when you cannot see the harvest, remain confident that the Word is at work, and keep believing until what the Lord has promised becomes visible.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for teaching me the principles of Your Kingdom through the Holy Spirit. Thank You that Your Word is a seed that can produce a great harvest in my life. Please help me to speak Your Word in faith without doubting in my heart. Please teach me to remain steadfast in Your truth and to continue confessing what You have spoken, even when my circumstances appear to contradict Your promises.

Please forgive me for the times I have allowed fear, doubt, discouragement or contrary situations to weaken my confidence in Your Word, and help me not to uproot the seeds of life You have planted in my heart through negative confessions or impatience. Holy Spirit, guide me in wisdom and teach me how to respond faithfully to every situation while I wait for the manifestation of the Lord’s promises.

Please strengthen my heart to trust Your process, even when I cannot see what is happening beneath the surface in my heart that is impacting circumstances around me. Help me to obey Your instructions and remain faithful through every stage of growth, because I believe that what You have spoken to me will accomplish Your purpose in my life. Please give me the grace to persevere until the harvest comes, and let my life demonstrate the power and faithfulness of Your Word in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Declaration for the Day

Today, I declare that I will speak the Word of God in faith and I expect the impossible to become possible to me. My heart is established in the truth of what Jesus has spoken, and I flatly refuse to allow any contrary circumstances to become greater in my heart than the Lord’s promises. I will not uproot the seed of the Word of the Lord in my heart through doubt, fear, negative confessions or impatience.

I will continue to water the word in my heart through daily declarations of the truth, trusting that the Kingdom is at work in my life even when I cannot see the results. I will no longer be discouraged by the absence of an immediate manifestation, and just as the seed grows through stages in the soil until the harvest is ready, I will remain steadfast, by keeping on believing and obeying the instructions of the Holy Spirit.

I refuse to be distracted by circumstances that seek to undermine my confidence in the strength of the Lord. I will walk in wisdom without surrendering my faith, and I will continue speaking the Word, trusting the Lord’s process and expecting His promises to come to pass.

I declare that the Word of God is working in me and my faith will not fail, because my confidence in the Lord’s ability to do exceedingly abundantly will not be shaken, and I will not abandon the seed of that word that has been sown in my heart. I will remain faithful until the harvest appears, and the impossible will give way to the manifestation of the Lord’s promises in my life, in Jesus’ name. Amen!