The Power Of Our Words

Ecclesiastes 5:2 - "Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few."

We need to be careful with the words that we use before God because He is our creator and life & death is in His hands. Like how careful we are in the presence of our people whom God has placed over our lives then how much more should we be careful in the presence of our living God?

There is great difference between God's authority and the authority of this world. God doesn't enforce His authority over us unlike the world, He has give us a free will to walk in His statutes and when we do that then He will surely bless us and lift us up.

The word of God says that out of the abundance of our heart our mouth speaks, so what is in our heart towards Him? - is it love, respect, reverence? We need to set our heart right before God only then He can work through us (or use us). Life and death is in our tongue - the words that we use can either build us or destroy us.

In the Word of God, we see a very clear explanation about this - James 3: 2-10 - "For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also:though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so." 

Let's make every effort to use the right words that edifies (builds) others and be mindful of our words that we utter before our living God.

Have A Blessed Day!

God Bless

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