God, Dogs and Cats

Dogs give birth to puppies. 

Cats give birth to kittens. 

The Christian religion, for decades, have been indoctrinating that, humans are worthless worms. This idea is laced in our messages, songs and prayers.

Without an ounce of respect, and with fervent passion, I disagree with that notion.

God created man in His own image and likeness. We are masterpieces (Ephe 2:10 NLT), whether we believe it or not. 

God created gods (John 10:34). 

Back to the animal analogy. 

Dogs bark. Puppies bark. 

Cats meow. Kittens meow. 

God is a creator. If we are His children, aren't we supposed to do the same too? 

We do. 

We consciously, or unconsciously create, with our intents, beliefs and words. 

The New Age camp recently popularized the Law of Attraction. I learned the heart of that message in a church setting, way before I read one book about LOA. And this is not to say that Christianity owns the patent to this timeless truth. 

But when we realize that our intentions, our core beliefs, are create-ive in nature, that will awaken us to a radically new perspective. 

As much as I value the power of our words, our words are merely thoughts and beliefs, given form. We don't say something that we do not believe. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 

And this is precisely why, what we believe, or how our mindset is programmed, matters. 

I don't know how "free" our will is, but I believe in the power of choices. We can choose to reprogram or renew our mindset - with create-ive belief patters that will free us and help us soar; or debilitating belief patterns that will chain us down, that will make us think we are chickens, when we actually are eagles. 

By the way, there is nothing wrong with chickens; the point is, it would literally be a crippling experience for an eaglet, if it were to be raised around the chicken mindset.

When Christianese Meets The Road

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." - King Solomon

Our words have creative power. And yet, we often times release them without second thoughts.

Jesus said, "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks."

The easiest way to find out what is in our our heart is listen to our words for a few minutes. It is easy to speak Christianese when all is going well. But when pressure hits, our words reveal what we are truly made up of.

A tube of toothpaste cannot release pineapple jam when applied pressure.

If we can decree death to a situation, we can also speak life over the situation. Speaking life over the situation is not necessarily based on our senses. "Peace, be still" does not make any sense to the natural mind in the midst of a fierce tempest, which is why it is decreed purely by faith. 

In other words, we are merely making a choice (the same choice that we made to decree the negative things) to speak what God says about a particular situation. 

An illustration 
"The economy is going down the drains and I am going to part of it."

That the economy is going down the drain may be a fact. But an Ambassador of Christ does not have to take part in it. 

Based on the Phil 4:19, she or he can say, "The economy might be going down the drain, but my God supplies all of my needs according to His riches (not according to a particular economy) in glory by Christ Jesus."

Chew
The more we meditate on that scripture, the more it settles in our soul - which is our mind, will and emotions. What is the significance of settling it in our soul? Because as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Our exterior is the reflection of our inner man. Paul says that we are to think on whatever that is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous and things that are praiseworthy.

But how can we ruminate over a scripture when a ton of negative thoughts are competing to take up our mind's space? 

Words

In comes the power of the spoken word. Ever noticed that our words stops the flow of thoughts? So we speak or decree truths that is aligned to the reality of who we are in Christ Jesus. Christ has redeemed us from every curse, so no economic calamities or sickness have the legal right to dominate and enslave us.

Visuals
Words birth visuals or imaginations. When I say 'dog', you have the visual of a dog in your mind's eye in a split second. Imaginations are one of the most powerful tools that one could constructively use. Without knowing, most of us have been consistently using that tool destructively. 

The word "recession" begets a visual. The more we meditate on that visual, out of the abundance of our meditation, comes the creative words, "I'm going to be affected". And for sure, it does. Just ask Job (see Job 3:25).

OR we can use our God-given power to choose to meditate and speak the God-given abundance and His promises over our lives.