I tried to write on another subject, but God kept bringing me back to this basic subject. We need to walk by faith and not by sight.  Walking by faith means we trust fully in God. We have to trust that God will see us through the circumstances, even if we do not see our breakthrough yet. We believe in him. Speaking negatively and complaining is not trust and it is not faith. Our words can delay our blessing. It can delay the answer to our prayers.

You would not take something and put a hole in the side of a perfectly good boat. Well, you wouldn’t unless you want to sink it.  Then why do we speak negative words out of our mouths? We are literally sinking our own ships.  We are wrecking our own lives with our words. (This happened to the children of Israel; they complained and repeated a negative report of a few. (The giants are too big). They complained to Moses that he brought them out into the desert to die. That is the very thing that happened; because of unbelief and negative complaints, they were made to wander for 40 years until their words were fulfilled, and they died in the desert, never seeing the promised land). It wasn’t God’s plan for them to wander that long. It wasn’t his plan for them to die in the wilderness.

I know I speak of it often, but our words have power. It is like we pray for something and then we kill the prayer with our words. Speaking negatively is killing the seeds we plant in prayer. That is not faith.  We plant seeds of faith in prayer. We cannot allow the enemy to take those seeds we plant, in prayer, by speaking unbelief. Our complaints are agreements with the devil. They are contrary to God’s word.

Prov 18:21 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Do not get nervous. I don’t believe the name it, claim it doctrine.  People take the truth of God and twist it for their own gain and purpose.  Our words must be according to God’s will. I do know that unbelief and negativity are not of God. I have seen things in my life that many would love to see.  I have seen miracles of God.  I have seen blind eyes healed. People bowed over not being able to straighten and walk upright; until the power of God touched them. Broken legs healed; people needed crutches and then walked out under their own power after the saints prayed for them. This was normal for me growing up.

I have seen people instantly healed.  I have also seen people have to walk out things in faith to get to their healing weeks and months later. But they kept talking faith and God saw them through. Never repeat a diagnosis from a doctor by saying, “I have….” You can say I was diagnosed with …. When you say I have this disease or that you take possession of it. You claim it to be yours.  Faith says symptoms are there, but I will not claim it. (This doesn’t mean you are burying your head in the sand and ignoring what is going on; you are saying, I take it into captivity. I have power over it. God will remove it from me.

Have you ever heard the phrase ‘Loose lips sink ships’? I wondered about the origin of it. It comes from WWII. It was a warning to our soldiers and people at home that any information leaked, even unintentionally, could cause the loss of a warship.  It means to be aware of unguarded talk. Did you get that? I am going to say it again, be aware of unguarded talk. The situation was severe enough for this reminder because the enemy had spies everywhere. Satan is waiting for us to open our mouths in negativity, so he can use it against us.

Matt 12:35-37     35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.  36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.  37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

We can speak life to someone that is hurting. We can speak negatively and harm someone else.  Do we always feel like being positive? No. But by not speaking the negative and speaking the positive we can give life and strength to another. I want words of faith to justify me. I want faith to manifest in my life.

James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.  3 Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.     5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  6 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.  7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

The entire third chapter of James is all about our words. Verse two tells us how we can be perfect.  If we are able to refrain from hurting people with our words, then we have the fruit of self-control.  It is difficult to speak life and not negativity sometimes.  But, like with any exercise, we can increase our faith the more we use our faith. The more we hold our tongues and not speak negative, deadly things, the more we will grow closer to God.

God hates gossip; he doesn’t want us to speak harm to anyone. He doesn’t want us to speak negatively about our situations and those of others. Because our words have power. Just like we are not to judge one another.  We all come short of where we need to be in Christ. We are to walk as close as we can and He will take care of the rest.

Pray and ask God for HIS strength to say the right things.  He is faithful to help us if we truly trust in HIM.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS