POWER! Nations fight for it. Many measure success by attaining it while others live their lives feeling powerless. What they do not realize is that they have possessed power all along.
Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue….”. This should actually be very sobering. This is not power to be taken lightly. It’s a matter of life and death, and the power of our tongue determines what lives and what dies.
Jesus came that we might have life and that more abundantly, but what about the death part?
Do we just never speak death? Actually, Colossians 3:5 says, “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” In Mark 11 we read that Jesus cursed a tree that was not bearing fruit, and it died from the roots up.
Paul said that he died daily. He was putting to death some things in his life in order that the life of Christ that came to live in him could thrive.
Do we strategically and wisely use this power as God intends?
So, how and when do we use this power to speak life and death and what should be the motivation behind what we speak? That is coming up next.
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