Ecclesiastes 5:1-6 KEEP YOUR foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob to sacred Bethel] to the house of God. For to draw near to hear and obey is better than to give the sacrifice of fools [carelessly, irreverently] too ignorant to know that they are doing evil. 2 Be not rash with your mouth, and let not 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.3For a dream comes with much business and painful effort, and a fool's voice with many words.4When you vow a vow or make a pledge to God, do not put off paying it; for God has no pleasure in fools (those who witlessly mock Him). Pay what you vow. 5It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.6 Do not allow your mouth to cause your body to sin, and do not say before the messenger [the priest] that it was an error or mistake. Why should God be [made] angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?
Everything in life will react to your words whether they are positive or negative. Many have experienced that words can be more hurtful than a physical blow. A physical blow or injury can heal within time without much thought. But a hurt or pain inflicted by words will scar the heart and healing does not come so easily with time. An injury to one's heart will require a voluntary choice to let go and forgive. The other choice is to build a wall to hide your pain.
Many people are put in position or circumstances in life where they are given a choice. It is a choice to humble themselves and say a few simple words such as "I am sorry or I forgive you." These few words require one to humble themselves. It may be a husband to a wife or vice versa. It may be a mother to a child or vice versa. It may be a friend to a friend. The other choice is words of defense and blame which can be thrown at one another because pride would not let them say such simple, SIMPLE words to bring peace like, "I am sorry or I forgive you." Such simple words will resonate throughout eternity!!
A few simple words of positive faith or negative faith wiill have eternal consequences. A few words may be the thin line whether a family will break up or be bonded. A few simple words of "I am sorry, I forgiven you, or I love you." God gave us this ability to speak to one another but many have such a hard time to say simple words that have more power than the most complicated word in the dictionary. So many because of pride have lost families or their lives because they could not say, "I am sorry, I forgiven you, or I love you."
Oh, how a child would just want to hear a simple words from his/her father or mother with words such as "You are such a good boy/girl! I am proud of you!" In today's modern time, the children are not only hearing such words but they are growing up fatherless in many cases. The Lord gave many examples in the bible how faith or the Word is like a seed. Even our words are like a seed. It must be spoken to begin a new growth in thought, way, action, or direction.
Matthew 5:37 (AMP) Let your Yes be simply Yes, and your No be simply No; anything more than that comes from the evil one.
Why are words so important? Why are words so powerful whether for positive or negative. When we become more trained, walking in Holiness, and as God's Glory covers us, we can speak to a mountain and at His will, it will move. A mountain, a car, a storm, the sun (standing still as in the case with Joshua), calling out fire from the heavens (case with Elijah), plastic, metal, water, flesh, etc etc will react to your words! Why are words so important and why will everything react to words? If you go beyond the atom, you will get a SOUND WAVE.
How was the earth and all of physical creation come about? How did God create? HE spoke it into existence! God said let there be light! God said let the earth bring forth living creatures, etc etc. God said let US make mankind in our image.
We can determine much of our direction of ourselves, loved ones, and others with our words. It first take few simple words for action to be birthed whether in the direction of life or death. Let us be more conscious of what we speak into existence. Therefore, let us speak life to ourselves and one another. The simple words may not always change a lifetime of work over night but it is a seed that must first get planted by speaking it. Then through your prayers and faith, in a sense, you are allowing water and light to do its work to grow. But as any harvest, you must endure and persevere until the end to reap what you have sowed.
Therefore, let us not speak words of discouragement to ourselves or others such as, "I am depressed or I give up." If you keep saying such words, you will bring it into existence. You have been given authority and power to bind and loose what is on earth and heaven. But you must be wise at the same time, you cannot say, "I am going to be rich" for the sake of being rich. It does not work that way. Authority and power is given to you based on God's Will and for HIS Kingdom. And on the flip side, you can give legal right to the enemy by giving up your authority by speaking negative words over yourself and/or others. The choice is yours.
Be wise and watch what you say of yourselves, others, and even your leaders whether church or government officials. Our main job is to pray for all of them including ourselves. Paul said to honor the king. Do not let words of anger or resentment be the seed to grow in your heart. You are called to exhibit and walk in the 9 Fruit of the Holy Spirit in which no one will enter the Kingdom of God without it. Can you enter the Kingdom of God with resentment in your heart? Can you enter the Kingdom of God as a gossiper? Can you enter the Kingdom of God with anger or hate? You can only enter it with His Love. A Love bought by sacrifice and His Life/Blood.
James 3:7-11 (AMP) For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea animal, can be tamed and has been tamed by human genius (nature).8 But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison.9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who were made in God's likeness!10Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so.11Does a fountain send forth [simultaneously] from the same opening fresh water and bitter?
Ask the Holy Spirit to help you remove negative thoughts and words from your life. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you become the person God has called you to become in Christ. You have been called to obey the gospel and become an overcomer who is born of God.
Grace and Peace multiplied to you and your families. May His Face shine upon you!
Fire of God!
Glory to HIM!
Steve Yong Kim
Oct 30, 2011
Powerful Word. Amen!
ReplyDeleteThank you for being a good Pastor, Steve!
ReplyDeleteAmen!