We live in a world where technology has made voice activation a common thing. We have apps on our smartphones that can find information for us such as the weather forecast, current time in an overseas city or even the nearest fast food outlet - simply by voice activation. Even large corporations and government departments use voice activated answering systems to filter the thousands of calls that come in every day so that they can go to the sections that can best assist the customer. And yet, in spite of our progress, these systems are low level and ineffective compared to God's Voice Activation System.

'God has a Voice Activation System?' you say. You bet He does! In fact our entire universe was designed by God to respond to faith filled words. This is a voice activated universe – and the voice activation is far more advanced and effective than what our technology could ever produce.

We can see evidence of this right through scriptures. Take the first chapter of Genesis for example. How did God create everything? He spoke. Notice He didn't wave a magic wand; He simply spoke and things happened. Now I realize that some would argue and say, 'Yeah of course things happened when God spoke – because it was God who spoke!' But we can also notice that right through the scriptures, God would call on men and women to speak and things would happen.

Elijah is an example of this. He confronted Ahab (the King of Israel in that day) and told him that there would be no more rain until he (Elijah) said so (1 Kings 17:1). And guess what happened? There was no more rain in the entire land of Israel for three and a half years until Elijah said so (1 Kings 18:41).

Jesus also demonstrated voice activation in His ministry. Think about how He did things: He simply spoke and it happened.

• He spoke to the paralytic and he got healed (Mark 2:9-12),
• He spoke to the leper and he got healed (Mark 1:40-41),
• He spoke to the wind and the waves during a storm and they ceased (Mark 4:39),
• He spoke to fig trees that had no fruit (Mark 11:14),
• He spoke to dead bodies and they raised up (Mark 5:41),
• He spoke to demons and they were cast out (Mark 1:25)

Now before you start to argue that Jesus can do anything because He is the Son of God, let me point out that at the end of His ministry, He told His disciples that anyone who believed in Him could also do all the things that He did and even greater things than He did if they would only believe (John 14:12).

There is much more to be said about God's Voice Activation System. The message recorded below goes into more details.

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