It’s not about Christ plus something else.
It’s not about a positive confession!
It’s not “name it and claim it”!
It’s about the authority of Christ alone!
Authority has purpose and direction. Authority shoots to kill. Spiritually speaking.
Authority is based on the finished work of Christ and what he has already done.
If He said you could do it, it’s based on His Authority alone, not our works, not our words, but His authority.
We simply take His word for it. He gave it to His disciples. And he told the disciples to teach it to the nations!
People have wrapped up works so deeply into the passage I’m about to share, so much so that the church is fearful to take Jesus at his word.
Abusers have destroyed the gospel with a deeply embedded form of works, gimmicks, and formulas.
We rest in what Christ has already done!
22 Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 23 For truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. (Mark 11:22–23, MEV)
Lamentations 3:37 (KJV), which asks: “Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?”. The verse emphasizes that nobody can bring about an event or command something to happen unless the Lord has ordained or authorized it.
What the Lord said here in Lamentations would be a generalized statement. It’s not pertaining to just one thing.
How it applies to us now:
People can speak threats, predictions, curses, or opinions—but their words don’t rule your life. If God has not authorized it, it cannot ultimately stand (Proverbs 19:21).
Lam. 3:37, this verse reminds us that power is not in human declarations, positive thinking, or confessions by themselves. Authority belongs to God alone. We align with what He has said, not try to replace it.
Lamentations was written in deep pain. The writer is saying: even this did not happen outside of God’s knowledge or control. That doesn’t mean God delights in suffering—but it does mean chaos is never in charge.
We don’t command reality; God does. Our role is trust, obedience, prayer, and dependence—not trying to force outcomes with words or effort.
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