He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions ~ Psalms 107:20.
Introduction
We are in an amazing time for technology throughout the world today. Think of the robotics, the cyber networks, the space invasions, the brain and the open heart surgeries, the test-tube fertility programs, the cloning technology, the guided missiles and a host of others. Certainly, most of these simply bespeak stupefying wonders.
However, amazing as they may sound, they could be dubbed as near to nothing when compared with the incredible wonders that God has in store for the believers in Christ Jesus, especially those who stick to His Word in all their daily enterprises (John 14:12-14).
Could you imagine that Peter, a man with a nature like ours, actually walked upon water (Matthew 14:22-35)? Nay! He rather walked upon the strength of God’s Word, “Come”! This is a very important secret to hold unto, very tightly.
Peter cleverly traded with the power in the Word, and he wholesomely relied upon it as he ventured into the water. It was the same secret that the Centurion also knew pretty well when he implored Jesus to “speak the word only” while hoping for the healing of his servant (Matthew 8:5-13).
Now, anytime God wants to advance succor, bring help in difficult situations or intervene in the affairs of an individual, a family or a nation, what He sends is His Word! Your biggest need, therefore, is the Word of God in its right place in your life.
There can be no real wonder without the Word. Inside the Word is salvation, healing, deliverance and victories. It is the Word that births wonders and attracts wealth. What makes our goings great is God’s Word, which lightens up our paths of destiny (Isaiah 8:20).
The Word of God is the inspired and authoritative Voice of God (2Timothy 3:16). It’s powerful in time, and relevant throughout eternity. It’s creative and life transforming (1Peter 1:2). It’s the indomitable, invincible, irrepressible Conqueror of conquerors, and no devil can escape its judgement (Hebrews 4:12-13).
The Word is a living thing (Acts 19:20). It’s forever perfect, having been purified seven times (Psalm 12:6; 119:8). It’s supreme over every culture, opinions, mindset, diseases, sin, Satan, afflictions, etc (Matthew 5:18). It can overrule anything except itself.
Releasing Wonders At Our Desperate Moments
Certainly, every human being has needs for which he looks up to God (Psalm 121:1-2). To have a need is human, to fix it is divine. Hence, David cried unto the Lord: “Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake” (Psalm 44:26).
God cares for the oppressed and the troubled. It’s His loving responsibility to intervene on their behalf, but it is their duty to call upon Him in prayers. "Prayer can do anything that God can do, and as God can do everything, prayer is omnipotent” (R. A. Torrey).
Howbeit, it’s the Word we invoke in prayers that provokes our wonders (Matthew 17:20). No matter how critical a situation may be, God’s Word is our unfailing tool for wonders, till today. We must always sound it clearly and unapologetically!
Furthermore, we must, as of a necessity, train our hearts, thoughts, minds and mouths to consistently align with God’s Word; they have a direct bearing on our destinies (Exodus 4:11-12; James 3:5). Our mouths are, particularly, very crucial to our victories.
Your mouth is your outlet for wonders. If Satan can cause you not to speak God’s Word, then he has succeeded in stealing your glory. When your mouth is shut, your destiny is equally barred. Contrariwise, when your mouth is fitted with wisdom, and you speak the Word only, your adversaries will never be able to resist you (Luke 21:15).
Moses spoke the Word, and the palace of Pharaoh shook in confusion, and its resistance to the release of Israel collapsed eventually (Exodus 10:11). When you speak God’s Word with boldness and perseverance, like Moses did before Pharaoh, you will definitely see your signs again.
All things were made by God’s Word, and hence under the control of the same (John 1:1-5). No situation will require more than the Word to bow. No mountain will require more than the Word to be leveled. No valley will require more than the Word to be filled. No sickness, failure, pain, poverty, barrenness or lack will require more than the Word to disappear.
Sound is a sign of life. Hence, a foremost evidence of your Christian life is in the sound you produce (Hebrews 3:1). Failures have their root in failing to speak God’s Word. Peter said, “We cannot but speak…” (Acts 4:20). With the Word, you’re a ready wonder (Psalm 71:7)!
Faith In The Workings of Wonders
Signs will always follow faith. Everywhere God ever stepped in, Word-based faith made it happen. Your rewards don’t manifest until your faith is demonstrated (Hebrews 11:6). Yours is to act your faith, and God’s lot is to work signs!
Friends, settle down with God’s Word, the Bible. Seek understanding, stop murmuring and stop giving excuses. Exploits in life answer to acts of faith (Hebrews 11:4). Awake in faith; that’s what you must do before God will work in your favour (Hebrews 6:12).
Peter was troubled when the wind became contrary and, particularly, when he saw what he thought was a ghost. Even then, he exercised faith in the God who could save unto the uttermost (Hebrews 7:25). He knew that, with the Word, nothing could be wanting. Eventually, he was rescued to safety against all odds.
Sometimes, we find ourselves being tossed about either by financial, marital, spiritual, political, mental or academic storms. We should never be dismayed. Our God is our Helper, and He has promised to disgrace all our enemies (Isaiah 41:10-13). We simply need to act in obedience to His Word, however it may come, to release the power of our faith (Luke 17:11-14).
Moses was instructed to take the Rod with him anywhere he expected to see signs (Exodus 4:17). Today, Jesus Christ is the Word and the Rod of God personified (Isaiah 11:1; John 1:1). He’s the Eternal Word that saves and changes lives. Only He can terminate our agonies by His conquest on the Cross (Revelation 5:5).
Herein is the believer’s safety and our gleeful testimonies! Our High Priest — Jesus Christ — is able to save us to the uttermost, at all times and in all cases, by the power of His exceeding grace.
When you accept Him into your life as your Lord and personal Saviour, and you walk true to His Word, He’ll establish praise in your destinies, even as you start to bask in the euphoria of inexplicable wonders.
Brethren, I see God giving you testimonies that will soon shock the world. Your story will take your peers by storm, and daze all those who have, hitherto, looked down upon you. You won’t miss it, in the Precious Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Happy Sunday!
** Bishop Taiwo Akinola,
Rhema Christian Church,
Otta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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