"Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." - Proverbs 18:21
A friend and I were talking about how words are used have changed in the past ten years. For instance, we shared how kids use the word ghetto ( a place; noun) to describe things like an adjective. When something is bad to young people, they say, "That ________ is so ghetto."
Another word they use to describe something they dislike is "gay". Today I heard someone say rainbows are so "gay"; I asked her to explain. She told me how she hates rainbows and thinks they are so pointless. I was stunned; I think rainbows are fabulous, after all God said rainbows are a sign of His promises being fulfilled. How could someone think rainbows are "gay" / bad?
It is amazing how different people use the very words that we use but mean totally different ways. Often we take our words for granted. We say things without realizing their true meaning. I went to a celebration to honor a close friend. As people gave wishes of congratulations, many of them began their comment with how they loved the honoree to "death"; now I know they didn't mean ill wishes toward the person. They just didn't realize how powerful those words were. One after another repeated the same phrase, while they made these statements I began to pray against the spirit of death and rebuke the deceiving spirit that filled these people's lips.
Words have power. God created a whole word just by speaking it into existence. When God said, Let there be..., everything appeared exactly the way he said it. It happen by what God thought; it came to be by what He said. God gave us that same power. According to scripture, He said that our power to create life or death is through our words. When we tell our loved ones negative words, we begin to create that kind of life over them or we send death to the person God created them to be.
Focus
- What wrong words have you spoken over your life? into the lives of your loved ones?
- What phrases do you repeatedly say not meaning any harm, but they are contrary to what God says?
- The Bible tells us to speak those things which are not, as though they are. Find a scripture that speaks what God says about your situation, relationship, or circumstance.
- Ask God to put His words in your mouth and speak the word of God rather than praying the problem.
- Challenge - tomorrow, speak a word of encouragement or a word of praise into the life of (1) a loved one (2) a friend (3) a stranger
- Record what God reveals to you about the person and yourself as a result of the challenge.
Remember
You have the power to turn situations into how God sees them! Jesus said He came that we would have an abundant life! Speak life, not death. Sorry the post is so late; I had a lot of errands.
Be Blessed.
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