After doing a little research I found that the "old adage," "sticks and
stones will break my bones but words will never harm me" is an English
language children's rhyme. It was to persuade a child who was a victim
of name calling to ignore the taunt, to refrain from physical
retaliation, and to remain calm. It is reported to have appeared in "The
Christian Recorder" of March 1862, a publication of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. Although it is excellent advice to ignore
the taunt of name calling, to refrain from physical retaliation, and to
remain calm the truth is, words are more powerful than sticks and
stones.
Sticks and stones may break bones, but words can crush the heart, "How long will you torment my soul, and break me in pieces with words?"
(Job 19:2) Few people realize that the very words that we speak can
torment our soul and imprison us. It is the words that we speak that
will build power or weakness in us, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit." (Proverbs
18:21) We will eat the fruit of our spoken words. Our mind may cast
away the unkind words that are spoken, but they are absorbed in your
spirit. We confess what we believe and what we confess is what dominates
our inner being. If we talk or confess sickness, it's because we
believe in sickness. If we talk weakness and failure, it's because we
believe weakness and failure. If we confess lack in any area of life,
it's because we believe in lack. When we realize that we will never rise
above what we confess, we are getting to the place where God can really
begin to use us.
"Let us hold fast the confession of our faith without wavering, for He who promised is faithful."
(Hebrews 10:23) Our confession is the Word of God. His Word cannot be
broken because God is faithful. What He said is true. What He said, He
will do, because He cannot lie, "God is not a man, that He should
lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He
not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" (Numbers
23:19) When we doubt His Word it simply means that we do not trust Him.
Our confidence may be in our abilities. It may be in medicine. It may be
in highly educated people, but whatever our confidence is in, if it
contradicts the Word of God, then it neutralizes faith. It causes our prayers to be powerless. It will bring us into bondage
and we may find ourselves blaming God for something that He had nothing
to do with.
The Bible tells us, "For we walk by faith, not by sight." (2 Corinthians 5:7) Every person who walks by faith will be tested. However, testing does not come from the Father, "Let
no one say when he is tempted (Tested), I am tempted (Tested) by God;
for God cannot be tempted (Tested) by evil, nor does He Himself tempt
(Test) anyone." (James 1:13) Testing come from our adversary. The
devil is going to test you in every way he can for one reason. He knows
the day that you become strong enough to resist all of his tests and
deceptions, you become dangerous to him. When believers come to the
place where they, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean
not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct your paths" (Proverbs 3:5-6) the adversary is defeated in your life.
My prayer for you is that your confidence in the integrity of God's Word
be strengthened, so that you will know, "that no Word from God
is without power." God told Jeremiah, "I watch over my Word to perform it." (Jeremiah 1:12) Your confidence in the Word of God and holding fast to your confession of faith in the face of every assault of the enemy will put him to flight, "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (James 4:7)
Monday, August 2, 2021
God's Word is Full of Power
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