“Death
and life are in the power of the tongue….”
Proverbs 28:21
The
direction of our whole life is set by the tongue. WYSIWYG (What You Say Is What
You Get). Our words are have creative power in them.
The
human natural language has been terribly corrupted. We easily speak words of
doubt, lack, difficulty, failure, pain and so on. These utterances immediately
generate an uncommon negative emotion which in turn generates negative result.
To
change the direction of a ship, we must take control of the rudder. To take
charge of the home of a strong man, we must first bind him. To alter the course
of our lives, we must take control of our tongues. When we take control of our
tongues, we take charge of our lives.
James
3:5-6 says our tongue could be a fire. It could ruin people’s reputations, or
it could bless lives. What you say about your future and that of others is very
important.
Stop
saying negative things. Start saying scriptural things. Use your tongue to
shape your world. Use your tongue to say what you want to become in life. Heaven
and earth came into being by spoken words.
In
the book of 2Kings7:18-20. If the officer had known that his tongue would end his
life that day, maybe he would have kept his doubt to himself.
Sometimes
some of us jokingly say things like; “olosi” (Yoruba word for good for
nothing), “were” (mad person) etc. whether we like it or not, believe it or
not, those words are seeds. Consciously watch what you say. Stop cursing your
wife. Don’t speak ill of your nation.
Take
that decision today to always say positive things and I pray that henceforth, the
grace to always speak aright will be released unto you in Jesus Name. Amen!
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