How Can Your Words Shape Your World?

Explore the profound impact of your words on your life and others. Learn six steps to harness the creative power of words, inspired by Proverbs 18:21.

What if your words became flesh? Would you like what they create?

Words are so much more than a means of communication or description. Words are spiritual (John 6:63). Like seeds, they contain within themselves a creative power. Just like God spoke and created the world, so too, as beings God created in His image, He has given us the ability to create worlds with our words. What a privilege to be bestowed with such power. And what a sobering responsibility!

The questions we must ask ourselves are: what are we creating? What are we speaking about ourselves, our current circumstances, and our future? If those words became flesh, would we fashion a world that we (and God) actually want? What are we speaking over the people God has placed in our lives - our children, co-workers, employees, or mentees? If it is true that with every declaration, we have the ability to form a future reality, imagine what we could be a catalyst for in the lives of those God has entrusted us to speak destiny over!

So leader, may you never underestimate the power of your words. May you be a leader who forth-tells according to the God sized dreams that lay within His heart for each person He has placed around you, and may those words become flesh.

«The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.»

Proverbs 18:21 NIV

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with Donta Nelson, Associate Youth Pastor at Bethel Church.

6 Steps to Use Your Words to Transform Your World:

Change your inner narrative.
Scripture says we are transformed by the renewing of our mind (Romans 12:2). Our thought patterns directly shape our perception of the world and those around us. Our thoughts become our words, and therefore our future.
Change how you speak about and to yourself.
By consistently exercising positive thoughts and speech about ourselves, we not only change our self-perception but also how we perceive those around us. Speak words of life and love over yourself daily!
Get feedback.
Sometimes we are unaware of how we speak. Ask those around you to make you aware of how you are using your words. Discover areas in your speech where you can grow.
Remind yourself.
Get practical and put up quotes or scriptures around your home or office that remind you of the power of your words.
Listen.
Practice hearing what God is speaking over you and others. Take time every day to journal the voice of God.
Declare the truth (even when it may not seem true).
Remember, an apple tree is still an apple tree even before it produces fruit. Just because it may not be your current experience doesn’t mean it’s not true.