Words, the Freight They Haul in the Kingdom
Verbal seeds abound!
It was a close race for student council president at my high school.
The candidates had one last chance to sway votes and it was at an assembly that afternoon. Each would have ten minutes to persuade the listeners that they were the best choice.
I was in the audience.
The first one made an uneventful speech that was profoundly boring and sat down. The second one began his speech with “Would everyone please stand up?’”
Everyone stood up.
“Now would you please sit back down?”
Everyone sat back down. The auditorium was bursting with laughter at this sudden up and down for no apparent reason.
“I have just demonstrated the power my words have … I have the power to make several hundred people do what I want just by speaking. You need a student council president who has this kind of power.”
He won.
Our words are either airborne physicians or airborne assassins.
What comes out of our mouth can defile, corrupt, tarnish, despoil, sully and taint us. Or our words can heal, restore, rebuild, cure, mend and repair us.
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:21, NASB)
Join me in praying that our hearts give birth to words of light daily, that encircle us always in a constant verbal halo.
