Vision and Fear 8
WHENEVER FEAR grips a man, the first thing it seeks to control is the tongue. Welcome to Leading Right. I am Abiodun Fijabi.
The Israeli troops in the days of David did not realize that. They amplified their fear through their words. They spoke among themselves, "Have you ever seen anything like this, this man openly and defiantly challenging Israel?” Words of bewilderment instead of faith. If only they had known that with their words they could win the war, they would have chosen better words filled with faith and boldness.
Fear understands the natural and spiritual laws. A man is not without power until he has said so. A nation is not without hope until the people of that nation have said hope is lost. A marriage does not collapse until the partners have said it is all over. A business may wobble but it remains on its feet until the owners say “I am quitting”.
The words we speak carry much more weight that we are willing to accept sometime. We only underestimate the power of words to our self-destruction. It needs not be so. With our words, we set a course for our lives and our society. With our words, we choose our sides, whether of victory or defeat. With our words, we are condemned or justified. The mouth is the gateway to prison; it is also the doorway to paradise.
Word is a life and a spirit. It has all the characteristics of a living organism. It grows; it dies. It responds to external stimuli like fear. It reproduces itself. In fact, it multiplies rapidly and takes control of your life. Your word is your life. It is this life that fear wants to control. So, he does not only make you agree with its suggestion, he makes you use the creative power of your tongue to set in motion a destructive course for your life.
Your word has a spiritual dimension. The world of the spirits is superior to and controls our physical world. What ever happens in the physical has already happened in the spirit. What makes it more potent is that we are often not aware of the spiritual dimension of the words we speak. To be sure, the spirit world does not succumb to physical limitations. It is not subject to its laws. So be careful how you amplify your fear. With every word of doubt and bewilderment, you open the door for fear to build a tabernacle on your vision. Each wrong word takes you deeper and deeper under the wings of fear until you see no reason to continue. By the time you finally give up on your dream, it will be not because your dream is too big but because your tongue has been abused.
The Israeli troops in the days of David did not realize that. They amplified their fear through their words. They spoke among themselves, "Have you ever seen anything like this, this man openly and defiantly challenging Israel?” Words of bewilderment instead of faith. If only they had known that with their words they could win the war, they would have chosen better words filled with faith and boldness.
Fear understands the natural and spiritual laws. A man is not without power until he has said so. A nation is not without hope until the people of that nation have said hope is lost. A marriage does not collapse until the partners have said it is all over. A business may wobble but it remains on its feet until the owners say “I am quitting”.
The words we speak carry much more weight that we are willing to accept sometime. We only underestimate the power of words to our self-destruction. It needs not be so. With our words, we set a course for our lives and our society. With our words, we choose our sides, whether of victory or defeat. With our words, we are condemned or justified. The mouth is the gateway to prison; it is also the doorway to paradise.
Word is a life and a spirit. It has all the characteristics of a living organism. It grows; it dies. It responds to external stimuli like fear. It reproduces itself. In fact, it multiplies rapidly and takes control of your life. Your word is your life. It is this life that fear wants to control. So, he does not only make you agree with its suggestion, he makes you use the creative power of your tongue to set in motion a destructive course for your life.
Your word has a spiritual dimension. The world of the spirits is superior to and controls our physical world. What ever happens in the physical has already happened in the spirit. What makes it more potent is that we are often not aware of the spiritual dimension of the words we speak. To be sure, the spirit world does not succumb to physical limitations. It is not subject to its laws. So be careful how you amplify your fear. With every word of doubt and bewilderment, you open the door for fear to build a tabernacle on your vision. Each wrong word takes you deeper and deeper under the wings of fear until you see no reason to continue. By the time you finally give up on your dream, it will be not because your dream is too big but because your tongue has been abused.
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