Linda - November 10, 2024 - Psalms 33:6 declares that "By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all their array."  When God speaks, He creates, and since we are sons and daughters of God made in His image and likeness, we too have the power to create with the words of our mouth, bringing light, blessing and life to those in need.  This is what Jesus did; He spoke, and people were healed and delivered. 

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The gift of speech that we've been given is truly quite amazing.  God granted us to have real power in our words, just as there is immeasurable power in His word.  This is true to such an extent that the words we declare over our own lives and the lives of those around us inevitably yield some kind of actual fruit, and the passage above from Proverbs tells us that we will actually eat the fruit of our own words.  It is therefore totally left up to us to choose whether we will feast on good fruit or on bad fruit.  Will our words be based in faith or fear; in uplifting affirmation or constant criticism; in praise or complaint; in glorious life or in death?  Depending on the seeds we sow and how "rooted" they become,  they will bear fruit that will determine many of the situations we'll have to face in the future, situations that will bring blessing or evil.  In a way, we really do co-labour with God as "shapers" of our own destiny and the destiny of others.

If we believe that "nothing is impossible to God" and constantly speak words that reaffirm this truth, what kind of fruit would we see in our own lives, in the lives of our family and friends, in secular and religious leaders?  Our body, soul and spirit would be incredibly nourished by the yield of our words​, we surely would grow spiritually much faster and have greater authority to build up the Kingdom of God on earth.

It's not easy to have dominion over our speech, but it's so worth the effort!  The very thought of the fruit it can yield gives us hope and zeal to invest in this practice of faith.​

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