We are not redeemed to struggle through life. This is because every believer is a spirit being, born as a sign to his world. That is, he is born to live the supernatural life, which is the natural estate of every child of God. As it is written:

“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit”. John 3:6-8

However, we must engage our tongues to command the supernatural. The above scripture says, …..and thou hearest the sound thereof… It takes the sound to command the signs. We understand from the Scripture that Jesus’ disciples went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the wond they spoke (their sounds) with signs following. It is making appropriate sounds the use of our tongues that puts us in command of the signs (Mark 16:20).

It is important to know that what we say is what we see; and what we cannot say, we cannot see. Moreover, what we say can completely devalue the revelation we receive from God and His Word. Thus, the signs we command are the products of our words. Remember, the Bible says:

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof”. Proverbs 18:21 (see also Mark 11:23)

However, it is not enough to believe it, we must declare it confidently before it can manifest in our lives. The moment we stop saying what we want to see, we will stop seeing it. As captured in Pastor Yonggi Cho’s book, Ministering Hope For 50 Years, a renowned Neurosurgeon, in one of his papers, states that the speech area nerve that allows humans to speak has the power to control other parts of the body. 

For instance, if a person says, “I am gradually getting weaker,” other nerves in the body immediately receive that command from the speech area nerve and obey it, saying something like, “Let’s get weak. We need to get weaker; that’s the message from the command tower.” That is how a person gets weak and becomes ill. In other words, those nerves can weaken an individual.

However, if an individual says, “T’m healthy,” then the speech area nerve sends its command to other nerves, effectively saying, “You’re all healthy.” They respond, “We’re all healthy, very healthy.” They then process the command and become healthy. That way, even sick people can regain their health.

Spiritually, the speech area nerve can be likened to the angels of God, who are sent to minister to us who are heirs of salvation. They are ever on guard to deliver us from evil and carry out our orders, precisely. The Bible says:

“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?” Ecclesiastes 5:6

Thus, spiritually and scientifically, it is proven that our breakdowns and breakthroughs are absolutely are the command of our tongues.

Therefore, as children of God, we are ordained for unending breakthroughs and the fulfilment of our destinies in grand style (Matthew 11:11, 12:42, 13.54; 1 Corinthians 15:8-10; Psalm 166). Nothing will hinder the fulfilment of your destiny, in Jesus’ name!

This text is an extract from the book “FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE EAGLE” written by David O. Oyedepo. 
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