The words we say are strong, they bring reality.

Words and Reality

"I just know I'm gonna lose today!""I'm so afraid,that I'm gonna blow it!"
"There's no way I can do that!"

Do our words make reality? Is 'what you say, what you get?'

The words we use are strong and they do shape our reality but let's look at what the bible says
about our words.

James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.

... 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James explains that our words are powerful. They shape the most important reality of our lives and that is the every core of our being, our hearts. If we can keep our words in check, a fire of evil in our lives will also be kept under control. James even says that if we can control our tongue, that we will be perfect in the rest of our actions. Sounds like words are very powerful!

But do they actually make reality? Will saying over and over. "i'm gonna win today," bring the victory about?

I think Solomon has an answer for us.

Pr 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he

It's not so much the outward reality that is really important as the inward reality.

Once my sons were on a soccer team, and we were playing a team who had never been scored against, the Pitbulls. This was even boasted about in our local paper! Soon we were losing, 17-0. But the coach, my husband told those kids, "We can do it, we can win this game...all we have to do is win one goal." Those kids heard those words, didn't see the score, or the other team's sneers, what they saw was just one goal. and when they scored that goal against that 'perfect' team, the roar that went up by the crowd could be heard soccer fields away. The amazing thing was that the Pitbulls went home as losers. Wailing and crying despite that fact that they had won by double digits! While we went home cheering and uplifted.

Our words shape reality by shaping our thoughts and our thoughts show us reality.

So how can we keep our thoughts in a beautiful reality?... for that let's turn to song, the Psalms.

Ps 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

What can bring this 'joy to the heart' and 'light to the eyes,' 'reviving the soul' ?

The words of God, or the 'law' ...the Bible... but there's something else here too...

as it say earlier in this same Psalm 19:
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. 3 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

His creation also speaks and those words are worth much:
10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

Better than gold or sweet food...words from the Lord. Listen to them daily, hide them in your heart, and your heart will be transformed and your words will bring a beautiful realty into your life.

14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.