Tuesday, May 28, 2019

May 28 Thought for the day...say what you mean


Communication is one of our major failures in our culture. You would think with all the various means of communicating that we would be excelling at it. The truth is people don't know how we feel because we don't communicate. We allow things in our lives that shouldn't be there because we don't communicate. This latter statement is specifically what Jesus is talking about in this verse.

The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you! Luke 17:6

We talked about this verse over the last two weeks, but there is a key element that we need to discuss today. Most of the problems in our lives are things that we allow. Things we choose to ignore or feel are not that important. If they really aren't that important then don't complain about them but if they are worth complaining about they are worth doing something about.

We talked about how Jesus reference here is dealing with bitterness, unforgiveness, and offense. Jesus is telling us it takes just the smallest amount of faith, on our part, to eliminate these things. We need to take notice of how we eliminate them. We must "say" to the mulberry tree!

The word Jesus uses for "say" means to speak with force, authoritatively, with strength. Our voice represents part of our authority. When we are able to speak something with authority, it is because we actually believe it. Jesus said in Luke 6:45, "out of the abundance of the heart one speaks." Jesus is telling us that if we really want to have bitterness, unforgiveness, and offenses removed from our lives, we have to mean it. We prove we mean it but speaking it out loud, using our voices as an act of authority to declare that these things will no longer have victory or control over us.

If you don't speak to your emotions and take authority over them, they will speak to you and take authority over you! If you don't rise up and conquer your flesh, it will rise up and conquer you!

Don't allow anything but especially bitterness unforgiveness or offense to control you. If you want the victory the Lord has planned for you, say what you mean, do it with authority and expectation.

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