It has always been my amazement at the significance of words. Think of it:
The Son of God is called the Word (John 1:1)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The universe was created with a word (Heb. 11:3)
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
All things are held in existence by the word (Heb. 1:3)
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
God reveals himself to us through the word (1 Sam. 3:21)
And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
Jesus healed and cast out demons with a word (Matt. 8:16)
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick
Faith is sustained by words (Heb 3:13)
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
We fellowship with God by the words of prayer;
We worship him through the words of song and confession and preaching;
Our relationships are all sustained and nurtured by words;
We speak our love to each other by words;
kings rise and fall by their words;
Politics, news, entertainment, business, education, international relations, even families and friendships are all possible because of words.
Language is God’s idea.
It belongs very close to who and what he is.
It has huge potential for good and catastrophic potential for evil.
The tongue, James says, is seemingly untamable.
“With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God” (James 3:9-10).
All issues today, be it political, religious, educational, theological, etc
They all relate to the way we use words. We think them in our heads and we speak them with our mouths.
What would the world be like…?
Our homes,
Our churches,
Our schools,
Our communities…
If words were used the way Jesus used them?
That is not an easy question.
What say you?