Today’s Thought “The Cross: How Did It Work for Jesus?” G. Ward

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Let’s gain some quick context to what this means: James 3: ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. 

Altogether, both passages merely mean that the greatest good and the greatest harm can exist in what you say. It’s bothersome to hear so many echo an unstudied nonsensical idea in being able to do what only our Lord did in speaking things into existence; we’re far too selfish to be trusted with such (Jer.17:9). Moreover, if our predecessors were endowed with such ability, they would have spoken freedom from working sun up to sundown. Our parents would have spoken financial equality, etc. There are some spiritually insistent in believing they can and they’re called witches, believing that the spells they conjure will work. Folks God made us to solely rely on HIM and believing HE’S qualified, trusts in HIS directives and causes us to watch our mouths, because as HIS very own, we don’t want any to become an emotional wreck based on harmful words from the mouth HE gave us, instead, our delight is to be known as peacemakers.

 

And Lord God, You speak to us in varied ways for our benefit and for Your glory and compel us in kindness, with great patience and whereas our Lord Jesus didn’t utter a word when great insults were given HIM, we ask that many passages in Your Word surface to teach us accordingly, so our newest spiritual countenance would shine brightly onto any whereby our encouraging words will present Your gospel to the glory of King Jesus, Amen.