The 'Let there be' Dimension I

Text: Prov.18:21
MORE LESSONS: Job 6:25
Bible Reading in one Year: Psalms 85-87

I noticed that a whole lot of people while trying to quote this anchor text say "...the power of life and death is in the tongue..." but there is an eternal golf of difference between that and what the word of God actually says. It is important to realize that it really doesn't say that, because if it does then it will mean something else. What it actually says is, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

This means that the power to impart the power of life or the power of death is in the tongue. It is not really the tongue as an organ in the body that is the big deal but the tongue as an instrument of the word. It is with words that there is power. Ecclesiastes 8:4a Where the word of a king is, there is power ....This is the reason why the words we speak are more powerful than we can ever know.
The power of a kind word is unfathomable in the way it imparts life and the power of a curse word is immeasurable in the way it releases the power of death.

The gate way into the spirit are words because it was by words that the worlds were framed. Contrary to science and commerce, diamonds are not the most expensive substances around, Words are. This is because the very raw materials with which diamonds and all of the worlds were made were words; God's words. This is why we must learn God's prescribed way to use the tongue because through it we make or mere ourselves and creation as a whole. It is no coincidence that the first things God teaches us in the Bible is how to use the tongue. Ten times he spoke, saying, let there be... Genesis 1:3, And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And all of creation was in shape within 6 days. The root word, "let there be light" is best translated to mean “light be".

That is what I call the 'let there be' dimension. It is a God-culture. It means whatever you desire to see or become, halt the complaining and anxiety, step up to the image of God that you are, command and say, "let there be joy in my heart", "let there be success in my career", "let there be money in my account", "let there be a supply of wisdom for me today" - That's the first lesson for those who want to be like God.

Prayer/Action
*Pray for grace to use your tongue wisely
*Pray against every negative consequence of spoken words in your life
*Pray that your tongue will yield you good fruits
*Declare that from now on, your tongue will impact God's Life on people you meet
Let your words edify someone today
Use your words to create your world

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