He says that simply trying harder to be good will not work because the root of the problem is within us. In Matthew 12, Jesus teaches the connection between our words and our hearts. Her words were: “We never wanted you you were simply an accident.” With our words, we have the power to do good or to harm. In his old age, he was still struggling with words that his mother had spoken to him when he was a child. In Proverbs 18:21, we read, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” Growing up in Germany, I remember my pastor talking about a man who was about seventy years old. Scripture is clear that words can be powerful. But this gift of words comes with a great responsibility: to use our words to glorify God-to build up, to encourage, and to show love. We use our words in ways both great-such as building relationships-and trivial-such as discussing the weather or sporting events. The fact that you and I can speak words and write words is a great blessing from our holy God. Language is a gift that we don’t often appreciate. We need to communicate, to be heard, to speak our hearts to other people and to be understood. I am sure that you would be surprised, wondering what’s going on, and would maybe even be terrified. No spoken word and no written word whatsoever.
Now imagine that on the same day you wrote several e-mails and a couple of things on Facebook and sent some text messages and didn’t get a single response. Imagine how you would feel if just for one single day you talked to a number of people, but no one responded no one said a single word back to you. We need the spoken word from other people we especially need to hear that we are loved and appreciated. The ability to speak and use words is crucial to our human existence.
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