When Moses died and Joshua was faced with the responsibility of leading the children of Israel into the Promised Land, he was dealing with fear. In response, the Lord told him to be strong and courageous…three times…for reasons that still work in our lives today. It’s one of the most powerful Scriptures That Prove the Word Changes Things. The Lord said:
The time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them. I promise you what I promised Moses: “Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you…. No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.
Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them.
Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go (Joshua 1:2-9).
We know from the rest of the story that Joshua did indeed lead the children into the Promised Land. The Word worked. It changed things in Joshua. He overcome the fear coming against him by studying God’s Word, by meditating on it day and night, by activating the principle of total immersion—a principle whereby we saturate ourselves with concentrated times in the Word of God. Kenneth Copeland has taught this principle for years and you can read more about how to Activate the Principle of Total Immersion here. It’s a process that helps us renew our minds quickly to the Word of God—a process you want to apply in your life—so the Word can go to work and change what needs to be changed in your life (Romans 12:2).
This is what Joshua did—and he went from being afraid of the assignment God had for him, to successfully leading a powerful nation of millions of people!
What Is It That You Need To Change?
Are you afraid like Joshua? Do you need healing in your body? Are you desperate for increase financially? Then immerse yourself in the Word, and watch it change you and your world. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). It’s when we hear the Word over and over that faith comes. Faith develops. Faith grows. Faith is activated. That’s how the Word changes whatever we need changing in our lives.
Another one of the most powerful Scriptures That Prove the Word Changes Things is found in Acts 14:1-10. A man immersed himself in Paul’s teaching sessions—and hearing the Word caused faith to rise up in him rapidly. He had been lame from birth, so he had never walked, and yet, by listening to Paul preach and teach the Word of God, faith came.
Verse 3, describing Paul and the disciples, says, “Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands” (NKJV).
Then they moved on to Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region, where they continued “preaching the gospel there” (verses 6-7, NKJV).
And verses 8-10 show us the results the man received from activating the principle of immersion in his life. He experienced change! “And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, ‘Stand up straight on your feet!’ And he leaped and walked” (NKJV).
This man heard Paul speaking, and faith developed in him quickly—to the point Paul saw that the man had the faith to be healed—after having never walked! Can you imagine the ligaments, joints, tendons and muscles that had to be changed for that man to walk? They had to be brought to life and rejuvenated. They had to support him the moment he stood for the first time. The Word did all that! Quickly!
What Is It That You’re Believing For?
If you want your faith to increase, if you want your capacity for faith to increase, then immerse yourself in the Word of God. The Southwest Believers’ Convention is in Fort Worth, July 29-Aug. 3. Make a list of what you’re believing for. Then attend in person or online and watch your faith grow rapidly. Watch it bring the results you need and want.
This meeting was created decades ago because Kenneth Copeland learned firsthand the power of the Word to change things in his life when he was a student at ORU in 1967. Through his own experience testing the principle of total immersion in the Word, spending days in his garage with the Word, he began weeklong meetings to help other believers encourage their faith and receive what God had for them—and at a rate that was faster because of it.
The Word changes things. Make time to allow it to change things in your life today.
Register for the Southwest Believers’ Convention here: kcm.org/swbc
Or watch the online sessions here: govictory.com/watch