Most of us have grown up having heard a lot of nice things said about us by members of our extended families, friends, teachers or others. It is good for one to hear nice things about oneself because it makes us feel worthwhile somehow. What a tragedy when one grows into adulthood without ever hearing such nice things said about them, right?

Those spoken nice words are good, but they fade quickly from memory—particularly when we do something to prove them to be incorrect in any way. There is something to be understood about the fickleness of words—they may seem to die, but they have the power of life and death in them. Their effect may be directed to others, but unless received and acted upon they return to sender and often in devastating ways.

That principle is also true when it concerns a prophetic word, except that this word has the life of the Spirit of God in it, and is always available to be received and acted upon. Saint Paul writes in 1 Timothy 1.18-20: ‘Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience.’ We are to take the word of the Lord as our primary weapon against the enemy, and to fight well.

And when one refuses to receive this word of God? Paul continues: ‘Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith who I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.’ The enemy demonstrates clearly what it is to deny the word of God—separation. I WILL TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH TO PROVE GOD’S WORD TO BE TRUE IN ME!