James 3:5-6
A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
Have you ever been asked to do something that you weren’t entirely confident that you could do? I have on MANY occasions. Years ago, I was asked by some leaders in my high school to lead worship for the morning chapel service. I was in the tenth grade and knew exactly how my fellow classmates loved to bash students that would attempt to get up on that stage in order to lead worship and sing in front of the school. Everything inside of me wanted to say “no”, but I soon realized that I had just been “volun-told” and saying “no” was not going to be an option! The next morning, I got up there and gave it everything I had. I was pitchy, my voice cracked a few times, and hardly anyone looked as if they were getting anything out of it! It was terrible. When the service had ended, one of my teachers walked over to me and asked if she could talk to me. She began to go on and on about how much it touched her. She told me that I had an anointing to stand up in front of people and show them Jesus. She spoke encouraging word after encouraging word over me! I have never forgotten that!
There is so much power in the mere words that come out of your mouth. YOU have the ability to cripple people or launch them into their destiny with the words you speak! We see in Genesis chapter one, that the first time words are used is not for COMMUNICATION but rather CREATION. Words have the ability to change things.
I want to encourage you to be mindful of how you are speaking over your life and the lives around you! That teacher had no idea that her words would later have a part to play in me having the confidence to get up in front of thousands of people to speak about the love of Jesus! Her words changed my life and are helping me change the lives of others.
Your life will go in the direction of that which you truly believe, and what you truly believe is dictated by what you constantly confess. SPEAK LIFE.
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