Accepting the Word
Once you lock on to a real word, which is God then you can proceed with the three steps.
Step One – Accept
One might think that it would be easy to accept a word, such as a desirable idea passing through your mind, but such is rarely the case. Let us take the example of a successful word used by Jesus which was “Your faith has made you whole.” If you had a friend who has had a painful illness over a period of years and nothing he has tried has done much good then how would he react to such a word? Would he accept it? If you were to tell him that that his faith has made him whole he would most likely respond, “Yeah, right, and what else is new?”
In other words, the person who will benefit the most from the word and actually desires it to be true does not accept the word.
The same problem manifests with those who are wielding the word. They often have difficulty accepting it. Which of us could accept this word that Jesus used and go to a sick friend and say, “Your faith has made you whole?”
Most of us would like the word to be true but just couldn’t accept it. A typical response would be something like this, “If I did that I would just make a fool of myself. After all, I am nothing special. I’m not God, or even a saint by any means.”
Thus we have many wonderful words out there that most people would love to see manifest, but they do not manifest. Why? One important reason is they are just not accepted.
Where both sending and receiving are involved the word must be accepted by both parties.
Jesus did his part in that he accepted the words he used. His problem was in getting other people to accept them. The scripture says that he could perform no miracles in his hometown. Why? Because these people could not accept his words which is often the case with our family and friends. It is much easier to accept the words of some mysterious stranger from afar.
Jesus had to build acceptance of his words by first carefully picking believing people to heal. When others saw what he did then their power to accept his words grew. Then as he gained success even many skeptics were won over who then accepted the words of Jesus.
As the acceptance of his words grew he spoke this truth:
“The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63
To those who did not accept him he said, “my word hath no place in you…ye cannot hear my word.” John 8:37&43
Then he added: “He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” John 8:47
Why did he call them God’s words? Partially because the Word is God. Did he not say, “he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came.” John 10:35
Then he gave this grand key, “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7
The power of an accepted word is so potent that when fully accepted you can ask what you will and it shall be done.
Unfortunately, we have difficulty in fully accepting the most wonderful of words. The seeker is likely to have a number of feelings and beliefs which get in the way such as.
[1] He is not worthy
[2] He is governed by negative words that are controlling him.
[3] Friends and associates influence him with their own restrictive words.
[4] He thinks he is not special as others seem to be.
Yes, it would seem that it should be easier to accept healing words than words that bring illness, words that encourage rather than discourage, words of love rather than hate – but such is often not the case. For many, it is easier to accept destructive words than building ones. This is an inclination of human nature that the seeker must master and redirect.
It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it. – W Somerset Maugham
Dec 17, 2013
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