THE SAME SPIRIT OF FAITH: (part 2) !

THE SAME SPIRIT OF FAITH: (part 2) ! God closed Zacharias mouth, causing him to not be able to speak for a period of time until God's declaration came to pass. Please understand this, Jesus Christ was not born yet in the earth; so therefore people were still under the Mosaic Law. So God took action that made sure that Zacharias wouldn't continue to speak unbelief. Right on the other hand, there are many things God desires to do, but unless you get in agreement with God, many of them will never come to pass. So many have said, "if it's the will of God, it will just happen. No, it just does not happen because it's in the Bible and that because you are a born again believer. If it's not the will of God, it wouldn't happen anyway." Is the statement that so many make ! Some things will happen whether you believe them or not. Jesus is coming back. You can believe it or not believe it; but He is still coming. Your unbelief is not going to change that fact. But there are some things that your unbelief will change. When it comes to the promises of God and entering into the provisions that God has made, then your words spoken in unbelief can change what comes to you. You can actually change it for the better, or can change it for the worse. You can see God's method here with Zacharias. God declare a thing, and Zacharias failed to conceive that word. So God rendered him speechless until it comes to pass. There are times when it would be better for us if we couldn't speak. You will notice after the child's birth Zacharias still couldn't talk. Others were trying to name the child Zacharias after his father, but Elizabeth said, "No, his name shall be John." They objected and asked Zachariah what he wanted to name the child. Notice, he couldn't talk, even after the child was born. "And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. And his mouth was open immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God." (Luke 1:62--64). After everything was performed as God said, after they named the child John, he was totally in agreement with God and immediately Zacharias tongue was loosed and he could speak.