Lip Synching Christians Series

All of us who say we are believing God for this, or we are believing God for that – when He has empowered us or given us the authority to do what we are asking Him to do, are lip-syncing. Why? We are believing God to do things when He has given us the ability to do them through faith, when He has given us the power through faith, when He has given us the authority to do those very things through faith. We are lip-syncing because we want God to do it for us instead of us disciplining ourselves and doing what is necessary to build our faith to receive the answer.

Why do we lip sync?

Rodney, the question then is “Why do Christians lip-sync what they read in the Bible?” If we are to be truly honest, it is because what we say is not what we truly believe, and lip-syncing still deceives a lot of people into thinking we are something that we are not. But the wonderful thing is this: the more we speak God’s Word on purpose, the more we will begin to see it manifest and change us into who God says we are. And that’s what we want.

Let’s look at James chapter one and verses five through eight. “(5) If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. (6) But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. (7) For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; (8) he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” (James 1:5-8) Verse six says “let him ask in faith, with no doubting.” James is making a point here. It’s not that the person is not using all the right words. It’s not that the person is not quoting the right scripture. The issue is that the person has to use the right words and quote the right scripture in faith and therein lies the problem. We will quote the Bible and yet not believe what we are saying can and will happen! Now, who is James talking about in verse eight when he says, “a double minded man”? He is talking about a person who suffers from divided loyalties. On the one hand, he wants to maintain a religious confession and desires the presence of God in his life. On the other hand, he loves the ways of the world and prefers to live according to its mores and ethics. James is describing most of the Body of Christ.

We see the importance of adhering to the Bible in Second Peter chapter one. Let’s read verses 16 through 21. “(16) For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. (17) For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ (18) And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. (19) And so we have the prophetic Word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; (20) knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation …” (Second Peter 1:16-20)