Start a Fire . . .

Words can build you up or they can tear you down. Words can start a fire in your heart or put it out.

This is the newest single by hawk Nelson called Words:

It speaks about the power of words in your own life and the life of others. They say that they want their words to be life, to speak truth. They don’t want to speak a word unless it points back to Christ.

This is a humbling and sobering song that grips me by the heart every time.

We were created to be social beings. God formed us in His image and to have community with him and other believers.

Sometimes we forget that we were created to be in constant harmony with Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” If you notice that each key word in the passage . . . rejoice, pray, give thanks . . . all have to do with the words that we speak. 

Timothy spoke about the power of the tongue. “Look at the ships also; though they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. “

Let 2013 be the year that your words would praise God, build up, and start a blazing fire that shows the world that we are his Sons and Daughters who speak good and not evil. The most powerful tool God has given us to proclaim His name is the words that we speak.

Lord I pray that my words and the meditations of my heart would be pleasing to you, that I would speak life, that I would speak truth. 

~JP