In Our Words

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
IN OUR WORDS
Prov 15:4
4 The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,
but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
NIV
It is certain, as God as declared; the tongue is an unruly member of our body. Yet it is surely under the command of our mind. Are not our words simply an extension of our thoughts? Do we not have the power to destroy relationships with words? We also have the power to build each other up with our words. We can encourage, exhort, comfort and teach as well as a host of other positive actions with words that would be considered bringing healing. Yet the greatest healing for any soul would be the words which declare the Good News. Words which are based on the truth of God can bring a healing to sick soul. It is interesting these words are likened to the tree of life which stands in the paradise of God. Surely it is meant to explain exactly what kinds of words should be spoken by those who believe. Speaking the Word of God brings healing to the sick and dying soul of the lost. Words which exclude this truth are but some form of a deceptive conversation. It is true with our words we can degrade a person, we can defame someone, we can ruin their lives with deceitful lies. But the real crush to a person’s spirit is excluding them from knowing the truth about God. If we speak words which agree with the world’s view of life, we are being deceitful and we crush those who hear our words, we bring them death, not life. It is deceitful to even think the worlds view has any agreement with God’s view. What does righteousness and wickedness have in common? What fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with and unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? Our words cannot agree with anything the mind of man has devised to refute the existence of God, or to prove man is greater than God, if they do, we are being deceitful and aid in the death of that spirit. But if we speak the truth of God, if we defend the truth, refute the views of man, we can bring life to any spirit, for God is life. Death or healing is in our words.