Shalom,
Today's "From Faith To Faith" devotional by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland is EXCELLENT!
Up in Smoke
The tongue is a little member, and
boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And
the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members,
that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and
it is set on fire of hell. James 3:5-6
Words. Use them right and they'll
move mountains. Use them wrong and they can cause your entire life to go up in
smoke.
"Now, Brother Copeland,"
you may say, "I find it hard to believe that major catastrophes can be
caused by a few simple words. I just can't see the connection."
Look again at the phrase James used.
"How great a matter a little fire kindleth!" Have you ever lit a few
little pieces of kindling wood and set them in the fireplace beneath a stack of
logs?
What happened?
Most likely, the fire began to spread
first to one log then to another until finally you had a great big blaze going.
After it was over, you couldn't go digging around in the ashes to find the
kindling that started it all, could you? No! It would be burned. There would be
no trace of it at all.
The tongue is like that. It first
defiles the body, then sets on fire the whole course of nature with a blaze so great
that it leaves no natural trace of its origin. The words that started it end up
so deeply buried in the ashes that you'd never even know they were there.
So, don't ever underestimate the
power of your words. I can assure you, Satan doesn't. He works constantly to
get you to turn them in a negative direction. He'll fire darts of pain and
sickness and discouragement at you just to get you to speak faithless
words—words that will eventually send your life up in smoke.
Don't let him succeed. Instead, put out
that fire by following the instructions in Ephesians 6:16. Do as the Apostle
Paul says and "above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."
Speak words of faith and stop the
fire before it starts today!
AMEN! Remember that the world we know was created with WORDS! GOD'S WORDS! When WE speak HIS WORDS, we receive what His Word promises! So let's get busy! Here is Brandon Lake with "More" from his Coat of Many Colors album!
Shalom in Him!