The Holy One calls to me this morning. Yet again He reminds me to be mindful of the
words I speak. His voice is gentle but insistent.
“It’s time for you to
revoke some of the careless words you have uttered and that are causing you
pain even if they were uttered in jest”
Sometimes in my feeble attempts to be entertaining I have
said some things that have eerily and in ways I did not plan or calculate brought
uncomfortable circumstances to bear. God knows each one.
What is exciting to me is to know that the worthless
words can be revoked and renounced to reclaim the blessings that I may have denied
myself and self-inflicted curses can be broken that I might have inadvertently
placed upon my life in opposition to His plans over my role, my calling and the
work of my hands.
Remember Peter who 3 times denied that he was a
"Disciple" of Christ's. Mark's
account says that Peter denied and then, "began to curse and swear".
We do not know exactly what these worthless words might have been but Jesus
did.
We know that he denied being a disciple or even knowing
Jesus. God, despite His grief, honors our words. In the Mark 16 account of the resurrection,
of Jesus, it was said to the women who had come to prepare His body for final
entombment, by “a young man clothed in a long white robe” in vs 6-7, “Do not be
alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who
was crucified. He is risen! He is not
here! See the place where they laid Him?
But go tell His Disciples-and Peter -that He is going before you into
Galilee. There you will see Him as He
said to you.”
Peter had denied being a Disciple and here the angel of
the Lord made that distinction. I suppose there are differing interpretations
of this directive, but given his denial, it seems to me that Peter was at this
moment was no longer identified as a “disciple”.
Scary thought until we read about the sweet forgiveness and restoration process
of our Lord.
If three times, Peter called down a curse and denial of
the Lord, three times he was given the opportunity to proclaim his love. Each of 3 worthless words and curses were
revoked and his love and faith and loyalty proclaimed. Such is the move of Holiness toward all of us
who have uttered worthless words we have lived to regret.
God honors words; His and ours. No one will be forced to accept Jesus as the
Savior that He is. What we proclaim in
and over our lives has a bearing on our lives.
Why allow the worthless self-cursing words to stand when the ginormous
blessings of Heaven are ours to claim and proclaim while we journey here on
earth?
Moving on in the thoughts of worthy vs worthless words
and believing that we were created in the very image of the Sovereign Creator
Himself, I trust we were therefore created to create. But in the corruption power of the enemy of our
souls, we are tempted to make destructive proclamations over ourselves and
others thereby becoming an agent of the very darkness that we despise or fear.
We have a great legacy provided by Jesus to bring the
Good Will of Heaven into our daily lives.
Praying and proclaiming OUT LOUD His promises as opposed to agreeing
with the evil of the enemy’s sick agenda over us and the fallen earth, re-enforces
our restored dominion.
The Lord God's Divine Enabler (the Holy Spirit) lives
within us to bring forth what our worthy words declare. If I am to be a “creator” of good things in
the image bearing likeness to my Creator God and Heavenly Father and Savior, and words truly do have the power of creating,
then I must follow His Divine directives to focus on the good, lovely, praiseworthy,
admirable, true, noble, and excellent things possible in this life.
Since I am being prepared for everlasting life, my self-question
is, “why am I not not even practicing for what I will be doing for all of eternity?????
Like using my words to create and not destroy. I believe that my worthless
destructive words can and must be revoked through repentance and then good proclamations
be made that reverse the curse the worthless words bring. The story of Peter drives this home to my
heart.
Another thought that crosses my mind is the bondage we may
be held in when we continue to make declarations that others have spoken over
our lives and ones that we repeat such as a child being told they are anything
less than the magnificent workmanship of God Himself. Even as we discipline and correct our
children, they ultimately belong to another and respect for His ownership must
be observed.
If we trust and believe in the healing power of the Great
Physician, and have been diagnosed with some infirmity or affliction, can we
not say, “I am in the process of being healed from said sickness (creative) rather
than repeating the diagnosis or condition as if a permanent (and destructive) health
issue?
Many thoughts come as I ponder the principle behind the directive
to guard my tongue and utter worthy not worthless words.
What
worthy words can I declared today that the Holy One will make manifest in my
life and into the extended world that my life touches? .... hmmmmmm.
The Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
