Declare by the Law of Faith

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. (Romans 3:27)

A law isn’t a law if it only works when you feel like it. The law of gravity doesn’t ask for your opinion. Go ahead and jump from a building singing, “I believe I can fly.” You’re going to believe that gravity works in less than a second. Gravity works whether or not you want to believe in it.

Similarly, faith is not just a feeling, a guess, or a goosebump. Faith is a law that God established within the earth’s system. Too many believers are praying for things when they should be activating their faith through declaration. Many are hoping for something when they should be truly believing in it.

Although gravity always works, we still have airplanes. How can a plane stay in the air when gravity is a constant? Airplanes don’t cancel gravity; they counteract it with higher laws—specifically, thrust and lift. But if you're in the air at 30,000 feet and lose a wing or propulsion, you’ll see that the law of gravity never actually leaves.

The law of sin and death still operates in this fallen world, but there is a law that supersedes it—the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. When you operate in that law through faith, whether by confessing the Word, obeying what God said, or taking a leap of faith in an area the Holy Spirit directed you to, you rise above the death and destruction that the law of sin seeks to bring upon the world. Faith is not magic; it’s a law.

You won't be soaring through life just because you flap your wings hard enough. God will cause you to fly by faith because you stepped into a higher law than gravity or sin.

When you stop applying faith, you fall, but when you actively engage it in every part of your life, you will soar.

Practical Application

Are you declaring God’s Word and promises daily over your life, or are you just wishing for things to happen? The law of faith always responds to the authority of the Word in your mouth. Speak it as if it’s a law you’re enforcing, because it is.

Romans 2:23; Romans 4:2