Speaking Things into Existence: The Power of Agreement and the Heart

I remember sitting in my living room one morning, the light just beginning to filter through the blinds, and I was going through my daily Bible reading with my wife, Susan. We were just quietly moving through the Word, but then, something hit me. It wasn't just a thought; it was like the Spirit of Truth started sewing together a tapestry of Scripture right in front of my eyes. A panorama of doctrine began to unfold, specifically regarding the power of what we say and why we say it.

Do you ever feel like you're stuck in a loop of negative circumstances? You pray, you try to have faith, but it seems like your life is moving in a direction you never intended. You might be struggling with health issues, financial lack, or even spiritual attacks like night terrors, wondering why the breakthrough isn't coming. It’s a frustrating place to be, feeling like a victim of your own environment.

The truth is, many of us are unknowingly "speaking things into existence" every single day, but we are speaking the wrong things. We focus so much on the "positive confession" side of faith that we miss the dangerous reality of the "negative confession" born out of a murmuring heart. We want the mountain to move, but our hearts are still anchored in the valley of doubt and complaining.

In this post, we’re going to dive deep into what it truly means to call those things that be not as though they were. We aren't just talking about a mental trick or brainwashing ourselves. We are talking about the spiritual law of agreement—learning how to align our hearts and our mouths with what Jesus is saying so that we can see the supernatural manifest in our physical reality.

The Misunderstood Art of "Calling Those Things"

We often hear Romans 4:17 quoted in faith circles: God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. People love to run with that. They think it's a license to just demand whatever their carnal mind wants. But look at the context. Paul is talking about Abraham. Abraham was ninety-something years old, looking at a body that was essentially dead and a wife who was well past childbearing years.

Abraham didn't just wake up one day and decide to "speak a son into existence" because he felt like it. He was agreeing with a decree that God had already made. God told him, "I have made thee a father of many nations." It was already a finished work in the spiritual realm. Abraham's journey was about moving from wavering and being double-minded to reaching a point of total agreement with God.

I think about Elijah on Mount Carmel. When he defeated the prophets of Baal and called down fire, he didn't just do it on a whim. He said, I have done all these things at thy word (1 Kings 18:36 KJV). That is the secret. The supernatural happens when we stop trying to convince God to do our will and start agreeing with what He has already spoken. Whether it’s Ezekiel prophesying to the dry bones or Joshua and Caleb looking at the giants in the Promised Land, the power wasn't in their own creativity; it was in their agreement with the Divine decree.

The Danger of the Murmuring Heart

Now, here is the part we often miss: speaking things into existence works both ways. We see a perfect, and tragic, example of this with the children of Israel in Numbers 14. They were right on the edge of the promise, but they started murmuring. They said, "Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!" (Numbers 14:2 KJV).

They were speaking a reality that didn't exist yet. They weren't dead; they were alive and standing in the provision of God. But they spoke death. They clothed themselves with a "cursing" of unbelief. And what did God do? He essentially gave them the desire of their hearts. He said, "As ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you" (Numbers 14:28 KJV). They spoke themselves into a forty-year funeral procession.

I catch myself doing this too. Sometimes I'm just in the closet, putting on my clothes, and I’m murmuring under my breath about a situation. We have to realize that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. If you are murmuring, it’s a symptom of what’s actually growing in your heart. You are effectively speaking a negative reality into existence because you are agreeing with the devil’s report instead of God’s.

The Eye Gate and the Heart Connection

Jesus took this even deeper during the Sermon on the Mount. He talked about how looking at a woman to lust after her is committing adultery in the heart. There is a progression here that we have to guard:

1. The Eye Gate: What we see enters our mind.
2. The Mind: We begin to entertain and meditate on it.
3. The Heart: It drops down into the heart and becomes part of our identity.
4. The Hand: It eventually manifests in our physical actions.

If we want to change what we are speaking and what is manifesting in our lives, we have to go back to the source. We have to watch what we watch. We have to filter what enters our ear gates. If we are constantly filling our eyes with the "programming" of this world—the news, the social media drama, the carnal entertainment—we are being hypnotized into agreeing with the world's reality.

Personal Reflections

I’ll be the first to tell you, I am not perfect at this. I’m a work in progress, just like you. There have been times when I let the "stinking thinking" of the world take root. I remember a season where I was focused so much on the "giants" in my own life—the obstacles and the setbacks—that I started sounding just like those ten faithless spies.

Jesus had to correct me. He reminded me that as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7 KJV). I realized that I was trying to use "faith formulas" on the outside while my heart was still full of doubt on the inside. You can't just speak "life" as a religious ritual if you're actually "clothed in cursing" in your private thoughts.

One of the big lessons I learned, especially when dealing with people regarding Overcoming Night Terror, is that you cannot "pill" your way out of a spiritual problem. You have to submit to God first. "Submit" means to come "under the mission" of God. When you are under His mission, you naturally start to agree with His Word. When you agree with Him, the devil has no ground to stand on, and that is when he flees.

Biblical References

The Word is clear about the mechanics of the heart and the tongue. In Mark 11:23, Jesus gives us that famous promise: For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Notice the bridge there—it's the belief in the heart that connects the "saying" to the "having."

We also see this in Psalm 109:17-18, which really shook me during my morning reading: As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. This is a spiritual metamorphosis. When we speak against what God says, we are delighting not in blessing. We are effectively pushing the blessing away. We are asking God for permission to live in the reality of our complaints. On the flip side, when we meditate on His precepts—as Psalm 119 tells us—we are hiding His Word in our heart so that our mouth has no choice but to speak life.

Key Takeaways

• Agreement is Key: Biblical "speaking into existence" is always about agreeing with a decree God has already made.
• The Abundance Principle: Your mouth is a monitor for your heart. Murmuring is a sign of an unbelieving heart that needs renewing.
• Permission to Curses: Constant negative speaking and complaining give the enemy permission to manifest those things in your life.
• The Eye Gate Path: What you look at eventually becomes what you think about, which becomes what you believe, which becomes what you say.
• Submission Before Authority: You can't command the mountain to move if you aren't submitted to the One who made the mountain.

Conclusion and Call to Action

The whole crux of this message is that you will eventually have those things that you say. If you speak death, lack, and fear, you are speaking those things into your reality. If you agree with God, you are inviting the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit to manifest His will in your life.

It's time to stop being conformed to this world and start being transformed by the renewing of your mind. Filter your thoughts through the Word. If a thought doesn't align with the righteousness of the Holy Spirit, cast it down! Don't let it reach your heart, and certainly don't let it come out of your mouth.

If this message has touched you or challenged you, I’d love to hear about it. How are you changing your "heart-talk" today? Leave a comment below and let's encourage one another.

Action Items

• Audit Your Murmurs: For the next 24 hours, pay close attention to what you say when you're alone or frustrated. Write down the negative things you find yourself "speaking into existence."
• Exchange the Lie: For every negative "murmur" you identified, find one KJV scripture that states the opposite (God's truth) and speak that out loud instead.
• Guard the Eye Gate: Identify one "worldly image" or source of media (like a specific TV show or social media feed) that causes you to doubt or lust, and "pluck it out" of your daily routine for a week.
• Practice Submission: Start your morning by explicitly telling the Lord, "I submit to Your mission today. I agree with what You say about my life."
• Dig Deeper: Check out OPEN YOUR EYES to learn more about discerning the spiritual realm and aligning your life with the prophetic word of God.

God bless you as you dig deeper and go higher!