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Monday,
December 3, 2007
Say What?
Proverbs
18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it
shall eat the fruit thereof. (KJV)
Did
you ever realize there is power in the tongue? Are you aware of how
important words are and that they are described as either death or life? Are
the words you are speaking bringing life to you as well as those around
you, or are they tearing you down and keeping you in bondage?
Matthew
18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven. (KJV)
Are
you speaking in line with the word of God, so that the word can go forth
and produce spirit and life to the situation you are speaking to, or are
you speaking words of doubt which bind the Lord from working in the area
you have need of? You have the power and ability by your own words, to
allow God the opportunity to work through you, or to allow the enemy to
stop the flow of living waters from proceeding from your mouth.
Mark
11:23-24 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this
mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not
doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith
shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto
you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive
them, and ye shall have them. (KJV)
A
mountain can be anything that appears big in our walk that needs to be
dealt with in order to continue on the path of life. Sometimes it can be an
obstacle in front of us that needs to be dealt with, or it can be something
from our past that needs to be cast down and left in the sea of
forgetfulness. No matter how much of a mountain of doubt we have allowed to
come in view and try and block our vision, speaking words of life and
believing that God is able to do what He promised will eliminate this
distraction.
Hebrews
11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
(KJV)
Faith
is our ability to hear the message delivered by Christ, and walk in the
framework of the victory God intended for us. Think of God as an artist,
who painted a picture of you and the life He intended for you to live. As
long as you stay within the framework of the spirit, you are able to see
the picture of the blueprint He drew up for you before the foundation of
the world. It’s when we step out of the framework of faith, that we enter a
realm of doubt and confusion; then life becomes an uphill struggle, without
ever reaching the top or able to see a victorious conclusion. The children
of Israel wandered around the mountain for forty years because they allowed
doubt and unbelief into the camp.
Luke
3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be
brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways
shall be made smooth; (KJV)
As
one matures in the Lord they become more steady in their walk and not so
many ups and downs as when they were younger. It’s a lot easier walking a
straight path, on a level surface, than wandering back and forth and up and
down, living in doubt and confusion. You learn to cast all your care upon
the Lord, not only casting it upon Him, but leaving it in His hands, and
not trying to handle things on your own. Words like I can’t believe it, or
I doubt it, will open the door for
the enemy to step in with a mountain of doubt and confusion to block
the path of life the Lord has set for you to walk in.
Psalms
37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man
is peace. (KJV)
Remember
when you see the word perfect, it refers to a mature person; one that has
learned to speak in line with the word of God, no matter what comes along
their path. A person that is willing to walk by faith, and not sight or any
other of our physical senses, is the one that keeps His words within the
framework of the spirit, and does not speak anything contrary to sound
doctrine that will bind the Lord from working within them and through them
and for them. The peace of God which goes beyond your understanding despite
what the outward circumstances may try and dictate, will take you to places
in your walk above and beyond what you could have ever asked or thought of.
That is why we need to let the peace of God rule in all our decisions,
letting the word of God be a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path.
Proverbs
4:20-24 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let
them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For
they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
(KJV)
The
tongue is an extension of our heart, so what we allow into the heart is
what is going to come out of the mouth, which is either going to be life or
death. If you don’t like what has manifested in your life, you need to ask
yourself ‘what kind of words have I been putting out?’ Words of life will
open the windows of heaven and allow the Lord to pour out for you a
blessing; words contrary to Him will shut that opportunity and reopen the
door for the enemy to come in and steal our joy and peace. Death and life,
for or against Him, you have the choice of which fruit you are going to
partake of this day, so if you don’t like what is coming up in your spiritual
garden, it would do you well to check what kind of seed you planted in it.
Proverbs
15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a
breach in the spirit. (KJV)
A
breach in the spirit means there has been a break or a fracture in the
relationship, and what was, a person speaking words of life, is now entered
a realm of death. You need to take the time to be quick to hear, slow to
speak, and slow to wrath, so that there will be no break in your
relationship with the Father and He doesn’t have to ask you some day, ‘say
what?’
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