Today I came across this verse: “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ. And so through him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God.” 2 Cor. 1:20
About a year ago, my oldest child asked me what Amen means. My kids stump me all the time, so I was pleased to be able to rattle off the answer to this question.
So be it. That’s what amen means. You are speaking what you wish to be, and so you close your prayer by asking in Jesus’ name that it will come to pass.
So be it.
It is easy to close a prayer to God asking Him to work on my behalf and to confidently say Amen…so be it. However, this verse in Corinthians flips it up a bit.
Paul, the writer here, speaks this powerful word to the Corinthians about how all of God’s promises are “Yes” and our lives speak the “Amen.”
There’s that crazy switch…did you see it? Instead of speaking the Amen as the close to prayer, Paul is asserting that our lives speak “Amen” to all of God’s promises when we are living through Him.
That’s a high calling. Let me just ask you this – is your life “speaking amen” this week? That’s what I’m praying for and trying to live to for this day.
