Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Power of our Speech

28 November 2008

Proverbs 12:14
“From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of his hands reward him.”

One October day while walking down my high school's ‘C’ hall, a classmate inquired if our cross country team planned to repeat as State Champions. I believed we would succeed in defending the title, however I chose to appear humble, “We are going to try”.


Suddenly, someone's hand slapped across my face, injuring only my ego. My teammate Dan intensely countered, "We are going to win!"

Dan knew the power of the spoken word.

Our brains light up under laboratory imagery while speaking, . Our voices sound differently to us than others, hearing 50% through our ears and 50% absorbed through our jawbone. Conversely, we hear one another 100% through the ears. The vibrations from the jawbone assist in permanently recording our spoken words into our brain.

James 1:6-8 warns of being double-minded, asking yet doubting. When we speak with belief, in faith, our performances are congruent with our words. The scripture from Proverbs is not a free pass of speaking something into existence without effort. Rather when we speak in faith, true faith and belief are the same; our actions - the work of our hands, legs and mind - are congruent. We work to achieve our professing.

If we speak in emptiness, hoping yet not believing, we are double-minded. God says without faith, it is impossible to please Him. Double-mindedness is a torturous state. The torture originates from speaking what we know should be true, yet allowing the permeation of doubt; disengaging action. This is similar to revving up an automobile’s engine with the transmission in neutral. Are we truly eager to arrive at a favorite destination? Our doubt of the journey, our inability to know every detail, prevents us from engaging the transmission.

Imagine your neighbor asking why you sit in your car revving up the engine for hours, yet not going anywhere. Imagine their expression if you were to say, "I really want to go to my favorite destination, but I have left the car in neutral because I am unsure what awaits seventeen (17) miles down the road". Our neighbors would question our sanity.

Be thankful for friends whom slap us verbally, when we speak a message of doubt, of double-mindedness.

God says, start your car, speak the words, and engage the transmission, proceeding with prudence and diligence. Permanently record the message of belief on your brain through your jawbone with spoken beliefs. Perform the work, trusting in the Creator of the Universe, the Savior of the World. The fruit of our words, the journey of our drive; will be filled with good things.

Make it a Great Day in Christ!!!!!
Rick
www.rickemeyer.com

1 comment:

  1. Great Job. I added it to my favorites. George Volz

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