Wisdom in the Words of Our Mouth
Wisdom is not a random thing. It does not appear in someone’s life by accident. People that live in the Wisdom of God do so purposely. Life should not be random. Random lives are hurting lives. God has given to us wisdom principles to practice so that we are not living life in confusion and desperation.
Proverbs 16:23 says, “The heart of the wise teaches his mouth and adds learning to his lips.” You could say it this way, “The central issue that makes a person wise is the words they allow to escape from their mouths.” Verse 24 goes on to say, “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb; sweet to the soul and health to the bones.” Notice that these two verses are put together. What does that tell us? It tells us that words are powerful and they are active well after they have been spoken. Notice that pleasant words have the power to penetrate the soul and body. The word soul here means your mind, intellect, and emotions. So words can produce a peaceful mind and a healthy body. I truly believe that Christians throughout the ages have underestimated the power that God has reserved in their mouth.
Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and Life are in the POWER OF THE TONGUE and those that love it shall eat the fruit of it.” Notice that power is associated with the tongue or the words that we speak. Our words have the power to create good and evil in our lives. In the original language the word “power” means the open hand of God. Many people believe that God’s hand is closed towards us and He is withholding blessings from us. Psalm 84:11 says, “…no good thing will He (God) withhold from them that walk uprightly.” We don’t have to pry God’s fingers off from our blessings! God wants to give good things to us! Many times we go without the blessings because we are not talking right!
It’s hard to imagine how our lips can cause the Heavenly Father to move on our behalf. You need to see this in the Bible for yourself. Numbers 14:28 says, “…as truly as I live says the Lord, AS YOU HAVE SPOKEN in my ears so I will do to you.” God promised the Israelites that He would do whatever He heard from their mouths. God told Joshua that the way to success was to keep speaking the Word of God with his own mouth. (Joshua 1:8) The Lord said this in Isaiah 57:19, “I CREATE the fruit of the lips…” God here is talking about the lips of a person not His own lips. Jesus Himself said that what comes out of your mouth is what you will live. (Mark 11:23) We cannot neglect this powerful truth any longer. Our lives are the sum of what we’ve been talking; nothing more, nothing less. Proverbs 21:23 says, “Whosoever guards his mouth and tongue guards his soul from troubles.” Oh, if we would just listen to wisdom!
Pastor Tim
Family Church Jamestown is a non-denominational church located in Chautauqua County in Jamestown between Lakewood and Busti, NY. The senior pastor of Family Church is Pastor Tim Stahlman a native to the Jamestown, NY area.
