Proverbs 18:21 is one of my favorite scriptures. I recite it all the time and use it in most everyday conversation in various ways. So to me it seems very appropriate that I would use this same scripture as the focus of my blog today. The bible declares: “Death and Life are in the power of the Tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” In other words what you say has power. It has the power to command life or command death over a person or their situations. So indeed we as believers need to watch what we say.
One of the biggest problems I find with believers (most especially) is we are uneducated in what we say (man I know some of yall didn’t like that but it’s the truth anyhow). We have no idea of the definition of the words we use or even more to the point half of what we say we try to throw in the statement I’m only joking. But this scripture makes it clear that what you say has power and you need to watch what how you use that power. The fact of the matter is that God comes for our words if you don’t believe that check out Matthew 12:36 “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment”. The things that you say God is going to hold you accountable for and the reason behind that is because he put power in your tongue. God showed me years ago something my brother Melvin used to do all the time and now (in a different way) I do. My brother Melvin used to read the dictionary and not only expand his vocabulary but he learned the definitions of the words and in most cases their origin so he knew how to correctly use them. God said to me if I am a king as the bible calls us (kings and priests) then I have got to know what I am saying because the spirit realm obeys the words we say. We sing ignorant songs like “I’m coming up the rough side of the mountain”. Well first of all who told you to climb the mountain? Jesus said if you have faith and speak to the mountain and tell it to move it will move (that’s disobedience). Then since you did decide to climb the mountain, why in the world did you choose the rough side (rough also being equivalent to difficult) instead of the smooth side (also equivalent to easy)? You are literally sing speaking trouble and struggle in your life. Or on the flip side we sing songs we really don’t mean then get mad at God because He honored the song. Songs like: “Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary”, then God starts preparing you and you got an issue because when He prepares you, you have to go through somethings to make you ready for what He has for you but you asked him to in song. Or how about songs like: “I don’t mind waiting, I don’t mind waiting, I don’t mind waiting on the Lord”, knowing you are an I don’t mind waiting lie! Then you get all frantic and upset when God seemingly takes His time and doesn’t give you an indication that He is coming, but didn’t you lie in song and tell Him you’re ok if you have to wait. Just cause God gave that song to Prophetess Juanita Bynum for her experience doesn’t mean you have to sing it. She was equipped to go through in her waiting are you?
The point I am making is what we say has power and if we don’t start as believers watching what we say we will find ourselves speaking a whole lot of mess over our own life and then blaming the devil and wondering why rebuking him ain’t working. It’s cause he had nothing to do with your struggle, your big fat mouth did. Conversely, however, we also don’t use the power of life that is in our tongue. We are always saying I’m broke, I’m broke, I’m broke (remember the But God Clause?) instead of I command financial prosperity to hit your account (don’t forget you still have to be lined up in the will of God through obedience and love). You’re sick, so speak healing over your own life, pray and command healing yourself stop worrying Pastor all the time. You’re taking him away from the time he needs to hear a word for not only your life but the church’s life that he is responsible for. It’s time we as believers grow up! Grow up and become accountable to ourselves for what we say because you already see regardless whether you do or not you will be accountable to God for them.
Finally as it relates to words, be sure of what you speak when you do speak stop being so wishy washy. Man up and stand on the word that God has given you. Stop double speaking, one day your full of faith and claiming what God has for you, the next day you are down in the dumps and unsure if it will come to pass. The bible declares a double minded man is unstable in ALL his ways (James 1:8) and not standing on what God said is being double minded. The bible tells us that this should not be life (blessing) and death (cursing) should not proceed out of the same mouth (James 3:8-10). And by cursing neither I nor the bible is talking about what we call profanity (what we call profanity is another lesson on words for another day, just look up what the word curse means to understand what the bible is talking about). One should not have life coming out of your mouth one moment and then death the next your unstable you are double minded and I rebuke you and that foul spirit in the name of Jesus. Say what you mean, mean what you say, and stand on it. It’s time to get this thing together and get it the right way. I know in the book of James it says that “no man can tame the tongue for it is an unruly evil”, however, you can ask God to bridle your tongue and teach you how to speak so that when you do speak the power that you wield will have an impact that will send shock waves through Satan’s kingdom and cause a halt to his intended plan for the day.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at jesse.jones@highpraiseministries.com. Remember Grow in God’s Grace and Abide In His Love!
