Broken people often speak negatively because they have just about given up hope. They tend to forget what the Word says about how a man will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth (Proverbs 12:14).
This is what the children of Israel did. They spoke negatively saying their wives and children would be taken, and they would die in the wilderness. God responded to them by giving them over to the evil that they had spoken upon themselves, but he said he would spare Caleb and the children of those who did not believe.
So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: In this wilderness, your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. – Numbers 14:28-30
This negative speaking shows that there is unbelief somewhere in our hearts regarding what we are speaking about negatively. This can easily be uprooted through building up our faith in the particular area. If you are experiencing brokenness in an area causing you to lose hope and speak negatively; you have a responsibility to build your own faith. Moses and Caleb attempted to build the faith of Israel, but many of them just would not get it because faith is something that has to be grasped by a person. You have to get it for yourself.
But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. – Matthew 15:18
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, – Jude 1:20
Next week we will discuss presumption and summarize this as next week will be the finale’ of this series. For more on wholeness visit the link: Click here
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