The Words We Speak

Genesis 1:3 "And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light."

This is probably one of the best known scriptures ever and it contains one of the biggest truths as well that we overlook so easily.  See right through Genesis and the whole creation story we find that God actually spoke everything into existence.  He said "let there be light" He said "let there be stars in the sky".  God made everything by speaking.  Throughout the Bible we even read how Jesus healed people by speaking.  Jesus said to the lame man "I forgive your sins" and the man was healed.  Jesus called to Lazarus and he rose from the dead.  We are underestimating the power of the words we use.

In our modern society we tend to only look at the words we use in the context of harming other people.  As Christians we are made aware of the words we use towards the people around us and how that may effect them.  What about the words we use over our own life?  We are quick to say that "I won't be able to make this or handle that", students walk into an examination hall and declare "I am failing today".  We are creating our own problems because we are speaking and declaring it over our lives.

James 3:2 "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."

The book of James describes perfectly how the tongue can control our very lives and how important it is to get it in line with what God says.  If our words has creating power... imagine the difference it can make when we start to only speak life into our lives and into those around us!