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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. (24) 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 steadier 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. (21) Let them
not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. (22) For
they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
(23) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of
life. (24) 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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