You Will Decree a Thing

By Rev. Lonnie C. Crowe

We continue to pray for a movement of God in both our personal lives and in our nation.  While many are praying fervently, division may be occurring in the ranks about the matter of decreeing and declaring.  Is it biblical to decree a thing? 

 Those in favoring of declaring stand on Job 22:28: “You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you.”  The context of this scripture tells us that circumstances must be order before we can declare biblically.  Job 22: 25-28: “Yes, the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver; for then you will have your delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God. You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, and you will pay your vows. You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you; so light will shine on your ways.”

Our declaration must be founded in the Word of God.  Our delight must be in Him and not in our ego. In declaring, we make a commitment that requires our involvement in that declaration.  When we declare, we must understand that we are declaring over ourselves, that we are opening ourselves to the leading of the Holy Spirit.  If I want a movement of God in the world, I must understand two things.  First of all, that declaration must be within the promises and the will of God. Secondly, that movement must then begin with me. 

We declare and decree in our church in the full knowledge that we must participate in that declaration.  Our declarations are based on scripture.  As we declare, we understand that we must be participants in our declaration.  For instance, we declare “Our leaders will make right decisions because true authority is established in righteousness.” This declaration is based on Proverbs 16:12: “It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for a throne is established by righteousness.”

Because Jesus has declared that believers are kings and priests, we must understand that it is an abomination, as well, for believers to commit wickedness.  Wickedness can include name calling, angry epithets, and out right curses against those with whom we disagree.  Just as our leaders’ authority must be established in righteousness, our authority in the Lord must also be established in righteousness.

When believers delight themselves in the Lord,  when we lift up our faces to Him, then we will declare according to the Lord and understand our commitment to that declaration, then what we decree will come about, a least in our own lives, and light will shine on our ways.