The tongue has the power of life and death , and those who love it will eat its fruit ~ Proverbs 18:21
The spoken word is very powerful , whether negative or positive . It has the power to build or tear down . It is like a raw material which forms the life we want . It is one of the most under estimated things among human beings . It is not only powerful to make changes in your life ; it is also the power through which definite changes come about . Regardless of the external influences and circumstances surrounding you , your life is shaped through the words you speak . Nothing is legal in this world unless it is spoken into existence . Everything that comes out of your mouth frames your world and forms your destiny . We must be very careful therefore on what we release out of our mouths .
There are some examples in the Old Testament of how several people used spoken words to change their destinies . God , in the beginning used spoken word to create whatever He wanted to exist .
Now the earth was formless and empty , darkness was over the surface of the deep , and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters . And God said , “ Let there be light ,” and there was light . ~ Genesis 1:2-3
The whole world , creatures and whatever exists was created through the spoken word . During their journey to Canaan , the children of Israel spoke against the will of God for them . They had received a negative report concerning the land they were to occupy and they ended up grumbling ;
That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud . All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron , and the whole assembly said to them , “ If only we had died in Egypt ! Or in this wilderness ~ Numbers 14:1-2
The Lord said in verse 27-29 ;
“ How long will this wicked community grumble against me ? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites . So tell them , ‘ As surely as I live , declares the Lord , I will do to you the very thing I heard you say : In this wilderness your bodies will fall — every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me ~ Numbers 14:27-29
Many people have sabotaged their destinies by the words of their mouths while others have either delayed or aborted theirs . We cannot speak the opposite of what we want to see . When we speak negatively , we practically cancel what God has said over our lives . When we speak poverty , we cancel riches , wealth and abundance ; when we speak weakness , we cancel strength and so on . Whatever we speak , we give it permission to exist in our lives . In the spiritual realm your miracle is always in motion , but it is waiting for you to activate it through the spoken word . If you want to see great things happening in your life , and if you want to reach to your destiny , make good use of your mouth by speaking the right things according to the will of God concerning your life .
And the tongue is like a fire . It is a world of wrong , occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being . It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself . We humans are able to tame and have tamed all other creatures — wild animals and birds , reptiles and fish . But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue . It is evil and uncontrollable , full of deadly poison . We use it to give thanks to our Lord and Father and also to curse other people , who are created in the likeness of God . Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth . My friends , this should not happen ! No spring of water pours out sweet water and bitter water from the same opening . A fig tree , my friends , cannot bear olives ; a grapevine cannot bear figs , nor can a salty spring produce sweet water ~ James 3:6 - 12 GNT
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