Language is important. The Word of God tells us that life and death are in
the power of the tongue. The amazing life
God has given you often manifests and is reproduced through the things you
communicate. Your belief system is
affected by it. Your relationships are
determined by it. Everything you
experience in life is in some way touched by the power of language. For this reason, it is important for you to
pay attention to how and what you communicate—both to yourself and to
others. The language youuse mayhave been established when you were young. However, language is not simply a "one-time deal", wherein you learn it and then you have it. Language experiences constant change and is developed and redeveloped over time. this is true in a culture or society and this is true in your individual life. Language carries you. It takes you into specific directions - for better or for worse. There are several key things that understood and utilized correctly, can help you to develop the language in your life that will move you into a specific direction.
Focus
What you focus on determines
your direction in life. What you focus
on determines what you declare. What you
declare determines what you believe; and ultimately how you live.
You must choose the focus of your life.
To do that God’s way, you must understand His
passion and His will. You need to spend
time with the Holy Spirit. Worship, prayer and time spent in His Word creates
the opportunity for you to hear communication from Him. If you make the Holy Spirit your passion, you
focus on Him. In turn, He shows you
where you are to focus in your natural life.
This changes the way you communicate in your life because you begin to
see things from God’s perspective rather than man’s. That’s wisdom.
Silence
Once your focus is
established, it is much easier to know what you should say. Often, wisdom teaches us what is better not
to say. My Grandma B used to remind me,
"It is better to be quiet and thought the fool rather than to
open your mouth
and prove it." There is much truth to
these words.
The Bible states that the
fool has said in His heart there is no God. People often put themselves in the position of a fool by the simple
declaration of their mouth. When things
are going well, they declare the power of God.
When things are at their worst, they cry out to God for a miracle. In the middle (the luke-warm place) is where
they run into problems. They look at the
deterioration of their current situation and they speak against it. They focus on a problem and verbalize all
that is wrong with it. In so doing, they
talk like a fool. They speak about the
situation as though there is no God who is capable of handling it. By example: “So and so really angers me. There is just no way to deal with her. Every time she opens her mouth it hurts me.”
Or, “Every time I turn around, something else on this piece of junk I am
driving is breaking down and costing me money.”
You have just given power to those situations by the declaration of your mouth. By focusing properly, you could have breathed
life into the situations. You could say,
“God, help me understand the reason for her pain. Teach me how to be a part of her solution.”
And, “God, thank you for the car you gave to me. Thank you for the provision to keep it
running or for its replacement.” Every
situation has a kingdom response and every response starts in the heart and
projects through the mouth. If you are unable
to control what you declare, the best place to develop that control is learning
how to be silent.
Power in Words
There is power in words. God manifests Himself through His Word. John 1 states:
“In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God – the Word was God.”
Also,
“…and the Word became
flesh (Jesus) and dwelt among us."
In
Genesis God said, “Let there be…” and there was. He spoke all of creation into being with
words – the power of life and death. It
is the same power He placed within you.
You have the power to breathe life into every situation you encounter -
if you speak as God instructs you to speak.
You also have the ability to speak death into any situation. The Word of God is a two-edged sword. You can use it to defeat the power of the
enemy, Satan, just as Jesus did in the wilderness. You can use it to bring life into the heart of
a distraught person. Jesus told Mary,
“Your faith has saved you. Your sins are
forgiven.” He declared, “This woman who
has given but two mites has given greatly, for it is all she had.” Not only did he breathe life into the minds
of those around, He breathed life into her
own perspective.
Words carry such power that
anyone who has the ability to speak should be mindful of that power. If you can breathe life and death in a good
way, you can also do it in a bad way.
You can give life to anger and bitterness by what you say. You can kill a dream with the words you speak
– or even receive from others.
Words in Your Amazing Life
God gave to you an amazing
life, and with it, the power to reproduce life.
Your ability to communicate with others is also your ability to speak
into the earthly realm what has been established in the heavenly realm. Return for a moment to the topic of
focus. Communication with the Holy
Spirit allows you to develop a proper focus on life. It does this by offering you a kingdom
perspective. Once you are able to see
and understand what God has established for His kingdom, you begin to realize
that the reason He gave you the power of words is to put your knowledge of the
kingdom into play on the earth. Embedded
in your amazing life is the power and authority to release the fullness of the
kingdom into the world around you. Knowing
this creates the responsibility for acting on it. Acting on it creates the product of fruit in
your life. Bearing fruit produces the
fulfillment of your amazing life!
