Speak to Your Mountains
- Henley Samuel
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April 29, 2025
Today, we explore the transformative power of our words when aligned with God's promises. The Scriptures reveal that what we speak over our circumstances can dramatically change our reality. As we journey together through this meditation, prepare your heart to discover how prophetic declarations can reshape your mountains into pathways and your valleys into places of abundance.
The Mountain Command
In Ezekiel 36, we find a remarkable pattern God instructs the prophet to speak directly to the mountains, the desolate cities, and the broken places. This wasn't merely poetic language; it was a divine strategy for transformation.
I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the Lord. - Ezekiel 36:11
God commanded Ezekiel to prophesy to the mountains that they would "shoot forth branches" and "yield fruit" for His people who would soon return home. The barren would become fruitful. The abandoned would be inhabited again. The broken would be restored.
This pattern teaches us something profound about spiritual authority. We aren't meant to merely endure our circumstances we're called to speak to them with the authority Christ has given us.
Declaring Divine Increase
The prophetic word continues with a powerful promise: "I will do more good to you than ever before." This isn't just about restoration to a previous state, it's about supernatural increase that exceeds anything previously experienced.
I will do more good to you than ever before.
When we align our declarations with God's promises, we position ourselves for this divine increase. Perhaps you've abandoned certain dreams due to age, limited strength, or perceived inability. Today's meditation reminds us that these limitations cannot restrict God's purposes for your life.
Speak to those mountains of impossibility. Declare God's promises over those situations you've given up on. The land that seemed desolate will become your inheritance.
Canceling Negative Declarations
The enemy often speaks discouragement over our lives.
This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because some say to you, 'You devour people and deprive your nation of its children,' therefore you will no longer devour people or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign Lord. - Ezekiel 36:13-14
Whatever negative words have been spoken over you, whether by others or your own inner voice, can be canceled by declaring God's truth. Perhaps someone said you weren't good enough, smart enough, or capable enough. Today, you can prophesy against those words.
No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign Lord. - Ezekiel 36:15
Every bad report, every negative diagnosis, every limitation pronounced over your life all can be overcome through faith-filled declarations aligned with God's Word.
The New Covenant Promise
As we continue in Ezekiel 36, we discover something remarkable about God's covenant with us. Unlike the old covenant that was conditional ("if you do this, I will do that"), the new covenant is filled with divine "I will" statements:
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. - Ezekiel 36:25-26
Notice the pattern "I will, I will, I will." This reveals the heart of our covenant-keeping God who takes the initiative in our transformation. He doesn't wait for us to become perfect; He works in us to make us whole.
Living from Abundance
The promises continue with assurances of provision and abundance:
I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you. I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine. - Ezekiel 36:29-30
These aren't just ancient promises to Israel, they reflect God's heart toward all His children. He desires that we live in abundance, not lack; in blessing, not disgrace; in fruitfulness, not barrenness.
Conclusion
Today, embrace the power of prophetic declaration in your life. Speak to your mountains those seemingly immovable obstacles. Speak to yourself affirming your identity as God's beloved child. Declare that you are created in His image, that His Spirit lives within you, that you will be the head and not the tail.
Whatever feels desolate in your life can be rebuilt. Whatever seems barren can become fruitful. Whatever appears broken can be restored. Begin today by aligning your words with God's promises, and watch as He transforms your reality through the power of faith-filled declaration.
Reflect on This
What specific "mountains" in your life need to hear your faith-filled declarations today?
How might your daily experience change if you consistently spoke God's promises over yourself and your circumstances?
Prayer
Father, I thank You for the power of Your Word and the authority You've given me through Christ. I declare that every mountain in my life must be made low, every valley exalted, and every crooked place made straight. I am Your inheritance, created in Your image with Your Spirit dwelling within me. I will not be the tail but the head. Whatever I touch shall prosper. My family walks in blessing, peace, and abundance. Every broken place is being restored, every barren area becoming fruitful. I walk in the fullness of Your covenant promises, lacking nothing and walking in divine increase. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Key Takeaways
God instructs us to speak directly to our mountains and circumstances, not just endure them.
The new covenant is built on God's "I will" promises, not our performance.
Negative declarations over our lives can be canceled by speaking God's truth.
We have authority to prophesy both to our situations and over ourselves.
God promises not just restoration but supernatural increase "more good than ever before."
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