WORDS
Job 19:1-2 Then Job answered and said, How long will
ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with WORDS?
Pro 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the
tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Have you ever said anything hateful or hurtful to someone you love and the minute you said it you wished you hadn’t, you wish you could take it back? Have you ever been under stress and lost your temper and made rash decisions not having first prayed and waited on God? Have you ever been spoken to in such a way by someone you loved that it hurt you down to the very core of your being so much so that you began to doubt yourself?
That old saying “Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me” IS NOT TRUE! WORDS CAN HURT, WORDS CAN INJURE, TEAR DOWN AND DESTROY. In fact words can be used to cause irreparable damage. Words are exactly what Satan uses to cause divisions.
In the Faith we are responsible to use only words that good and edifying to the hearers. Not tickling someone’s ears with false doctrines telling them what they want to hear but always speaking the Truth in Love. And definitely not being hateful to someone in order to help ourselves feel better about something we’ve done that’s hurt them.
Insecurity is one demon that fuels this lashing out. Lack of faithfulness and commitment is another and sometimes it just comes down to the person being mean spirited. Always though it’s a spiritual battle:
Eph 6:11-12 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
It hurts beyond comprehension when someone you love quits believing in you. I know but yet I pray and I press on.
