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The words we speak make an impact upon our world whether we realize it or not. How we speak and what we say has an impact upon us and upon others.
In the Biblical context we find that the tool of God for creating the universe in Genesis, chapter one, was His word.
We find that the tool the prophets used was their words. What they said was impacting. And it had to be a responsible word. In some instances a false prophet was stoned to death because his words were impacting upon the whole of society.
The laws of God for the Israelites was important. The Ten commandments were not Ten Suggestions! In fact, God spoke through Moses to tell the people that if they concentrated upon the law that they would have good success.
King David wrote, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly or standeth in the way of sinners or sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in His law he meditates day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters that bringeth forth his fruit in his season and his leaf also shall not wither but whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." (Psalm 1).
Jesus, in the New Testament reiterated the importance of speaking a word. He believed that words had power.
When tempted by the devil out in the wilderness, He spoke back to the devil that man should not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
As with the prophets of old, His main tool for mighty works was His word. He spoke and water was turned to wine. He spoke and demons fled. He spoke and winds became calm. He spoke and people were healed. He spoke and winds ceased their blowing. He spoke and the dead were raised to life. His words had power over animate and inanimate objects.
Jesus not only used speaking as a tool in His own life and works, but he taught again and again, as recorded in each of the Gospels, that the disciples were to use the tool of speech coupled with faith to perform mighty works.
He said on numerous occasions that if we had faith as a grain of mustard seed and would say to a mountain or a mulberry tree to be plucked up and removed and cast into the sea that it would obey us!
These are powerful statements and speak to the importance of proper speech. Our words and speech are powerful elements. We should recognize their value and importance and use them wisely.
We can use words for failure. We can use words for mediocrity. We can use words for success even in practical daily living. Use words wisely and for your success and the success of others over which you speak.
Dr. Jerry Smith has spoken to over 5,000 audiences and published numerous books, three of which relate to success in life by means of internal word dynamics. Words and logo, rightly understood, and correctly applied are powerful life-changing, dream-fulfilling tools. Take advantage of Dr. Smith's FREE 12-Lesson mini-course: Logo Dynamics Your Internal Dream Machine. Sign up for this and other life-changing information at: http://wordsforsuccess.com/
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