The Power of Our Words

James 3:5‭-‬12

It is the same with our tongue. It is a small part of the body, but it can boast about doing great things. A big forest fire can be started with only a little flame. The tongue is like a fire. It is a world of evil among the parts of our body. It spreads its evil through our whole body and starts a fire that influences all of life. It gets this fire from hell. Humans have control over every kind of wild animal, bird, reptile, and fish, and they have controlled all these things. But no one can control the tongue. It is wild and evil, full of deadly poison. We use our tongues to praise our Lord and Father, but then we curse people who were created in God’s likeness. These praises and curses come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen. Do good water and bad water flow from the same spring? Of course not. My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree make olives? Or can a grapevine make figs? No, and a well full of salty water cannot give good water.

Our tongue is the part in our mouth that we use to speak words with. James compares our speaking with a fire. A small flame can make a very big fire. This can also happen with our words. We can say only a little, but our words can have a lot of results. Like a fire our words can destroy a lot of things. And like a fire our words can warm you or gives light. James is saying that our words are inspired by hell, because we say so many bad things. And it is so difficult to change the habit of using our words negative. He tells us it should not be like that. If we say we’re good and bless people, why are we hurting people with our words, why we lie?

Our words are like little seeds, that become big fruitful trees. Our words can create good things as well as bad things. Be careful with the words you use.

In proverbs we read also about he strenght of our words.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.

Words can be like piercings of a sword. They’re painful, make wounds and can kill.

But wise words can heal wounds.

I think everyone of us know the hurt when someone says something very bad to you. If you’re often hurt by words, you will get a emotional wound. You feel all the time bad then. You can feel so bad that you don’t want to live anymore and some choose to kill themselves. And this only because of some bad words.

Wise words can make people, who are hurt and unhappy, happy. They can give hope and a feeling that you are loved, that you are useful and that you are important. They can give people the will to live again.

Proverbs 15:4 is saying the same kind of thing:

Kind words are like a life-giving tree, but lying words will crush your spirit.

Kind words give you energy, the will to go on, make you happy. But lies makes you unhappy, you must force yourself to go on, you feel heaviness in yourself and don’t have energy to do anything.

Proverbs 18:21 is also talking about this subject :

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

life stands for happy and healthy living, and death stands for imprisonment, exclusion, illness and dying itself. The people who cherish the words and believe them, will become like the words spoken out. If you every time think of the spoken words and believe them, you become like those words. This is happening as well with negative words as with positive words.

Henry Ford said it this way:

"Those who say they can and those who say they can't are both right," and so it is because that's how they program their subconscious and it executes the command flawlessly. Thoughts and words tend to materialize.

A young man often said that he was really unlucky and his subconscious carried out that assignment flawlessly and caused bad luck and then he could say that he was right.... He was right but not lucky!

Example: if someone or you yourself says every time that you’re dumb. You will start to believe it. And you will not do your best on school because, someone was telling you that you are dumb. You will think it’s waste of time and energy.

Use your words to inspire, to enthuse, to motivate, to encourage and to support the other and it will benefit you too. You are influenced by what you deal with, so you also are influenced by the words you deal with.

In 1 Peter 3 verse 10 you can read:

For, “The one who desires life, to love and see good days, Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

It’s very good to remember these words for the rest of your life and bring them in practice.

Let your words pass through three gates before you speak them. First, ask yourself: Is what I want to say true? and then: Is it necessary? and finally: Is it nice?

If you can answer yes on all the 3 questions, it safe to speak out your words. If it’s not the case, don’t speak the words.