
Be the captain of your own life and apply these 3 Steps To Steer Your Life to Victory!
What if one small adjustment to your life could steer you to victory? Would you do it? James compares your words to the rudder of a ship, emphasizing the importance of your words: “And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches” (James 3:4-5).
God says your words are powerful and set the course for your life. If you want to know more about the power you wield with your words and how to use your words to agree with God’s Word, read these 3 Steps To Steer Your Life to Victory.
1. Put the right words in your heart.
“Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.”—Psalm 119:105
What are the “right words” to steer your life to victory, and where do you find them? David says in Psalm 119 that God’s Word illuminates his path. If you have made Jesus the Lord of your life, then God’s words are the right words for you. David also understood the concept of putting God’s Word in his heart: “I have tried hard to find you—don’t let me wander from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. I praise you, O Lord; teach me your decrees” (Psalm 119:10-12).
Read and study the Bible, as David did, to find God’s promises for your life. Write them down. Put His promises where you can see them and read them out loud every day. Soon God’s Word will move from letters on a page to a strong belief in your heart.
When your heart is full of God’s Word, you’ll find yourself thinking about God’s promises and envisioning yourself with the answers. When someone makes a statement that doesn’t agree with the promise, you’ll find yourself thinking about the promise instead of agreeing with them.
Putting the right words in your heart is step one to steering your life to victory.
2. Choose to speak the right words.
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”—Psalm 19:14
It’s possible to think the right words but not say them out loud. Step two to steering your life to victory is to choose to speak right words. Your words contain power, and as soon as they leave your mouth, they begin to work to make what you say happen.
As captain of your life, you have the authority to choose each destination. See yourself on the bridge of a ship. Get your microphone and with the authority given to you by Jesus, shout your intent to everyone listening—angels and demonic forces alike. Don’t be shy! Don’t be afraid someone will stop you! You’re the captain! You have the authority to direct the ship!
Instead of waiting for things to “just happen,” in your life, you can line yourself up with God’s will for your life by speaking God’s Word out of your mouth.
For example, someone might say, “Things are not working. Looks like we’re all going overboard!” When you’ve put the right words in your heart, you will declare as Jesus did in the midst of a storm, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake” (Luke 8:22). When you are walking through a dark situation in your life, you can say, “Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me” (Psalm 23:4).
Set your course and go toward the goal by saying the right words!
To learn more about the power of your words, read Words—The Start Button to Everything You’re Believing For.
3. Don’t change your declaration of faith.
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”—Hebrews 10:23
The third step to steer yourself to victory is to be unwavering in your words of faith (Hebrews 10:23). Believe God’s promise, say it and refuse to change no matter what. Kenneth E. Hagin said, “If you’re prepared to stand forever, it won’t take very long.” Expect God’s promise to come to you today!
Brother Copeland has explained the importance of maintaining a steady heading when flying an airplane. You can set the instruments to the correct heading to get you from Texas to Los Angeles. But, in the event of unexpected conditions, it’s important to monitor the actual heading of the airplane and correct your course along the way. If you get just a little off course at the beginning of your flight, you will miss Los Angeles and find yourself over the Pacific Ocean, running out of fuel with no airport (or fuel station) in sight!
Keep yourself steady and headed in the right direction by choosing not to change your declaration of faith. You will have many opportunities to do so. Circumstances, friends, disappointments, criticism and the list goes on. You must use your authority and refuse to change. That’s what faith does; it refuses to speak against the promise.
Brother Copeland gives the definition of a quality decision: “A decision from which there is no retreat and about which there is no more argument.” You must make a quality decision to speak right words—the words God spoke when He made you a promise.
Watch Jerry Savelle demonstrate how continually speaking God’s Word is like paddling a canoe upstream against the raging currents of the world—and winning!
Abraham is a great biblical example of not changing his declaration of faith. God told Abraham he and Sarah would have a son and eventually he would be the father of many nations (Genesis 17:5). However, naturally speaking, everything was against that ever happening. First, Sarah was unable to have a child. Second, Abraham received this promise from God when he was 75 years old and his body was past being able to father a child. Third, 25 years went by since Abraham received the promise of descendants. There seemed to be no way that promise would ever be fulfilled. But Abraham refused to give up (Romans 4:17)! He believed that God would keep His promises day after day until the day an angel told him, “This time next year Sarah will have a son” (Genesis 17:21). Sure enough, Abraham and Sarah had a healthy baby boy!
Work with the Lord to put these 3 Steps To Steer Your Life to Victory into practice and like Abraham and Sarah, you can receive the promise of God for your own life. Like the firm hand of a captain of a ship who steers in the right direction, right words will keep you moving toward victory!
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