Words

The effect of words

Words have from the beginning played an important role in the shaping and defining the world we living in. They not only defined the world we live in now but play a key role in the way we relate everyday.
  
Genesis Chapter one,God starts the business of creation.He does not get His hands involved until the sixth day when He creates man.Gen1:6-And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters.(7) And God made the firmament…Note-God made the firmament by word of His mouth.

The creation goes on and on with God saying let there be.That's how critical words are!They bring forth a result.Upon utterance,something is expected to happen.Psalm 33: 6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made…(9) For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
 
 

   God appoints Adam to name the creation.Gen2: 19 “And out of the ground the Lord God formed every [wild] beast and living creature of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them; and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.”



Words were used to define every creature and that’s how I know that’s a cow and that’s a rabbit;that’s a horse and that’s a lion.Had he named what we call lion today as a zebra,we would be calling it so.
 
When building the tower of Babel,these people had one aim,one language and thus it was more likely than not they would achieve what they were aiming at.It got to a point God had to stop this ‘project’ and what did He do?He gave everyman his own language!

They all spoke different languages.The common language was no more.Communication thus became a problem.The goal they had was challenged by language difference and the ‘project’ came to a stand still.It never went on again as everyman went his way.
 
[Words in your language are used to communicate]
 

Like other things,words rely on a medium for them to be passed on.The medium here is the “Tongue”. In many cases,we are thus warned of being careful with our tongues.( Psalm 34:13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.)
 

The words of our tongues will not only tell more about us but will also lead  into something either good or bad.Prov17:20~…one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.We are thus advised to ‘filter’ our words before we let them out through our tongues.Remember,tongues are like a pen.Make it skillful by uttering good words (Prov45:1…my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
 
James 3:6 talks much on the tongue. He points that “the tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell”.

It’s not the actual tongue that is the problem here,but the words that come from it.The tongue is but a vessel to utter words from ones heart and mind.

"Words are the language of our hearts and minds.They define the state of our minds and hearts"

We encourage or discourage,bless or curse,praise or malign with the words of our tongues.The power of words we cannot undermine.We should thus be careful with our choice of words.Choose to use the appropriate words at every situation.