The
power of the spoken word is one of
life’s greatest mysteries. All that you will ever be or accomplish hinges on
how you choose to govern what comes out of your mouth. By what you allow to
occupy your mind and mouth, you can either lift your life to great heights of
success or send it plummeting into realms of failure, sadness, and
discontentment. This is why Proverbs 23:7 tells us “for as he thinks in his heart, so is he” and urges us in Proverbs
4:23 “Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life”. Matt 12:34-35 even says more
using these words: “For whatever is in
your heart determines what you say. A good person produces good things from the
treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the
treasury of an evil heart. What occupies your mind determines what you
predominantly end up saying.
Because
the law of cause and effect is
continually at work, there is always an inner cause for every outer effect.
Your outer world is a direct result of your inner world. Every circumstance in
life is a result of a words and choices—and
every choice is the result of a thought.
All those things that fill your mind affect, shape and determine what happens
in your life. Your thoughts provide the fuel for your words, and your words
provide the fuel for your world. It is therefore imperative that you understand
and be conscious of the nature of what you are saying. Are you saying anything
you feel like, simply because you feel like saying it or you want to “say your
mind”? Or are you carefully picking out what you say, knowing that what you say
becomes what you see in your life? We would do well to heed the advice of Epictetus,
an ancient Stoic philosopher, who once said: “First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak” and that
of Hosea, the prophetic sage of old, who said “For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” (Hosea
8:7).
Hello
there! You must take responsibility for what you experience in life. Our lives
are the sum total of every word we
ever spoke, every choice we’ve ever
made, and the things we let happen.
If you do not like where you are, you are only one thought, one word, one
choice and once action away from turning toward the life you desire. It starts
with becoming a master of your thoughts.
Watch what you think and sift your thought; filter out anything that you do not
want to show up in your future, and focus only on thinking what you truly
desire. God wired your thoughts to be powerful so you would be
equipped to overcome every obstacle. He fashioned you to create, innovate,
strategize, and succeed—and just to be sure, He put His own divine thoughts and
nature within you. Put away those negative thoughts and random statements
you’re so used to making. Take
responsibility for the change you so desire by making sure your thoughts,
words, choices and actions align only with the good things you desire which God
has already made provision for in his word. Have a lovely weekend.
Written by Grace Olayinka
Grace Olayinka aka "Kharis" is a wonderful woman with a bubbly personality. A lover of God, she's also has an M.A in English and Literary studies. She has a passion for kids and for reaching the ends of the earth with the word of God.