words. are. loud.


 I try my hardest to let my words and actions match. If I say that I am a Christ-follower, then I try the best as humanly possible to live that out. If I say that I am an athlete, I am going to show that I am an athlete by working and striving to better my athletic skills. If I say that I am going to be there for someone, then I am going to be there no matter what.
 I have always found the words in scripture to be accurate in telling me who I am in Christ. And from that, I have found that my actions flow from those words of truth.
For a long time, I have been a huge proponent of the fact that I think actions speak so much louder than words.
 People say things all the time but when they don't follow those words up with actions, time and time again, those words become...meaningless. Though I do believe that actions still need to follow words, I've learned so much that words really can heal or destroy. That words can drive someone to conquer their fears or buckle under the weight of them. Words are life giving or spirit-crushing.

words. are. important.

   Have words ever crippled you? Have words ever made you think that you were something you were not? Have words ever damaged a friendship/family/or relationship? Have words ever sent you into depression? Have words ever made you forget who you are in Christ..the one who made you in His image? Have words ever given you so much fear and doubt that you were crushed under their weight and unable to see the "light at the end of the tunnel"? (so to speak).

People say, "well don't listen to those people." or "their words mean nothing and that's dumb" or "their words are meaningless and insignificant. Don't believe them."

I would love to say that those things are easy to listen to and adapt to but they aren't all the time.
Satan has a way of jumping on the tiny non-issues and blowing them out of proportion. He has a way of working his evil into the deepest insecurities of your mind and the tenderest parts of your heart. Like a boxer, he strikes again and again and it feels like blows to your chest, so deep that you feel it in your soul. He makes you believe those lies and believe your insecurities and believe that you are not who Christ has made you to be.

His. words. are. loud.

But in those moments when you feel you could break. In that moment of complete and utter desperation and destitution. God whispers. You just have to listen. He says, "you are my Child. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. You are a new creation. You have been made one with me. You are renewed. You have been redeemed. You are alive in me. You are loved. You are set free."
    Sometimes you have to repeat these things over and over to start to believe them again. Sometimes you are good for a few days and then satan starts to creep in again. But that's when you use a very powerful word. "NO". You tell him no, that he has no power in your life because you are God's. You tell him that every day until you believe it.
   I have told him "No." I have told him that he has no power in my identity or my words or my actions because I am a child of the Most High King. It's a battle though. It is an every day fight to live in truth and not fear. But it is worth it. It's worth it to live in freedom. It's worth it to break bonds that seemed to be so tight. It's worth it to have a restored mind and heart.

Start speaking life. To yourself and to those around you. Be careful little mouths what you say because you never know how someone's mind and heart can be effected by your words.

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