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HELEN SANDERS
8-17-2022
EATING OUR WORDS
Today we are going to do a “word” check. I want you to think of words as food. Whatever we speak will be the food we are eating. Since Proverbs 18:21 tells us, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof,” we must be careful what we eat.
Are we speaking life over ourselves? You may say, of course, but what about when you say, “something” or someone makes you “sick.” You are literally cursing yourself with your words. You will eat what you say according to Proverbs, and it certainly will not taste good if it is going to make you sick.
Psalms 141:3 says, “Set a watch, O LORD before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.” I believe a proper interpretation of this verse would be, “keep your mouth shut.” We will be held responsible for every word we speak. Jesus spoke in Matthew 12:36-37, “But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”
Words give Satan a legal right to go into the throne room and make a case against us. What we speak will either condemn us or justify us. If we have been speaking carelessly then we should repent.
We need to speak what the Word of God says about us. We need to speak that we are healed, righteous, more than conquerors, the joint heirs with Christ, the redeemed. Do not let the enemy use your words against you. Repent of foolish and idle talk and start speaking life over yourself.
This does not mean that you cannot laugh at things and enjoy your life because Proverbs 17:22 says, “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” It means that your life will be fuller and healthier when we speak what God says.
Remember, you are reaping today what you spoke last week, last month, and last year. Repentance can change it. Change your words and change your life.
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