Dangers of Wrong Confession 12/10 Wednesday Wisdom

"Confession" is this case does not mean, as we usually think of it, confession of sin.  It means stating (confessing) that things are the way they are instead of stating the way that they can be.

There is a grave danger of making a wrong confession, a wrong affirmation.
We confess our fears and doubts.  That gives Satan dominion.
We confess our sickness and that confession binds our will as a captive and holds us in absolute slavery.
We confess our want and lack of money, and want comes like an armed man and holds us in bondage.
We confess lack of ability, in the face of the fact that God said He was the strength of our life.
These confessions of failure shut the Father out, and let Satan in; give him the right-of-way.
These confessions repudiate the Word of God.  They honor Satan.
What should we confess?
Psalm 23:1:  "The Lord is my shepherd; I do not want."
You are not afraid anymore, and you confess it.
John 10:29:  "My Father is greater than all."
Our words imprison us, or they set us free.  

-- E.W. Kenyon