Ten
times in the first book of Genesis, ‘And God said’ appears, each time having to
do with His creation, starting with, “And
God said, ‘Let there be light.’” Genesis 1:3 What happened then? The rest
of the verse, “and there was light.” Light
came into being on the Creative Words our Father spoke!
In
verse 26, He speaks about creating when He remarked, “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:”
We’ve all heard this and generally know and accept that we are made in the
image of our Heavenly Father. So then why do so many Christians—Christ followers—speak
as though they have no idea that their words are creative?
“I
was scared to death!”
“You’re driving me crazy!”
“My
back is killing me.”
“I’ll
be…. (fill in what comes next, like…a monkey’s uncle)
“This
will be the end of me.”
Because
we are made in His image, our words—like His—are creative! These are curses we
speak on ourselves. And here are a few we speak on others, many times our loved
ones, our children, our husbands:
“You
never do anything right!”
“Shame
on you!”
“You’ll
never change!”
“What’s
wrong with you? You can’t hold a job more than six months!”
“You’re
such a liar!”
Isaiah
57:19 clearly tells us, “I create the
fruit of the lips;” And what else could be deemed as ‘fruit’ of our lips
besides words?
What
about when someone says in your presence, “We’ve forgotten about God’s
Holiness. We go on living our lives, accepting our sins, because no one’s
perfect, right?” Something
similar said in a Sunday School Class I attended caused me to respond, “Do not
include me in that ‘we’! I will never forget His Holiness or stop moving toward
being perfect.”
No one in the room agreed with me and went to defending the teacher,
but if a teacher says something like that, they are speaking that over every
person included in the ‘we’ and in future days, some of those will ‘forget His
Holiness’ or ‘accept’ and ‘explain away’ that little sin even though convicted.
Another
Women’s teacher was saying it was okay and perfectly natural to be afraid. I
couldn’t let that stand because God didn’t give us a spirit of fear! All fear
is straight from the pits of hell, the devil. If I had let that stand, then a
spirit of fear would have the right to mess with me and bring fear to me.
Words
we speak and those spoken in our presence are so important!
A
very familiar verse in God’s Holy, Living Word is found in Joshua, twenty-fourth
chapter, verse fifteen: “…Choose you this
day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on
the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Every day,
every hour, we choose our future, speaking words that will get there ahead of
us.
Is
this sin? Of course, we’d all agree lying is…yet…are you a guardian of the
Truth? We do know our mouths can sin from this verse: “For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be
taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.” Psalm 59:12
Here’s
the words of one verse in a new song the Lord gave to me, and they are so true.
Go forth in this wonderful Monday and be careful what you say! Speak BLESSINGS, nor curses! :)
BIO: Caryl McAdoo is all
about loving God! She currently writes four series: the historical Christian
‘Texas Romance’; a contemporary ‘Red River Romance’; The Generations, her
Biblical fiction, and the newest Days of Dread Trilogy for mid-grade readers. Known
as the Singing Pray-er, she loves praising with new songs the Lord gives her
and prays her story gives God glory! In 2008, she and her high school
sweetheart-husband Ron moved from the DFW area—home for fifty-plus years—to the
woods of Red River County. 
Caryl counts four children and sixteen grandsugars
life’s biggest blessings believing all good things come from God. Besides
glorifying Him, she hopes each title will also minister His love, mercy, and
grace to its readers. Caryl and Ron live in Clarksville, the county seat, in
the far northeast corner of the Lone Star State with two grandsons.
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