John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share, and were all supplied with, one Grace after another and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was give through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
Paul admonishes the Church, in Galatians 6:7-8 (Amplified) saying, "Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at, scorned, disdained, or mocked, by mere prevention's or professions, or by His precepts being set aside. He inevitable deludes himself who attempts to delude God. For whatever a man sows (Jesus told us that "Words are Seeds."), that and only that is what he will reap. For he who sows to his lower nature (flesh, sensuality), will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap Eternal Life."
You've proven that your heart is fertile soil, when you believed and allowed God's Word to come into you and you were born-again. In Proverbs 4:20-27 (Amplified) God says, "My son, attend to My Words (consent and submit to My sayings). Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are Life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh. Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the Springs of Life. Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you. Let your eyes look right on with fixed purpose and let your gaze be straight before you. Consider well the path of your feet and let all your ways be established and ordered aright. Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, remove your foot from evil."
Notice, God tells us to, "GUARD YOUR HEART ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE" and "PUT AWAY FALSE, CONTRARY, WILLFUL SPEECH." As Christians, can we speak contrary, dishonest and willful speech, giving these words place in our lives? I believe that the answer is, "Yes." I don't believe our Heavenly Father makes our wrong words come forth from our mouths, but I do believe we have an enemy who will take our faith-filled words, that come out of our unguarded heart, and use them against us. When we're born-again, you have power in your words, to use for the lower nature or the Spirit nature. Both have power, but one is for good and one is for evil.
Jesus spoke to a fig tree and killed it. He spoke to a dead man, giving him Life. Which Word was more powerful? Through Him, we now have power in our words, they are seeds to sow. Our Father gave us a mandated to "Guard your heart against seeds that are sown from another source." Both will determine what you speak (sow) into your Life and the lives of others.
When things aren't right and results aren't what they should be in the lives of God's children, then we should listen to the words we're saying, in order to determine what we've been hearing. We must guard our hearts. God gave Adam the job of tending the Garden of Eden. God sent men into Canaan to spy out the Land which He had already given to them (the Promised Land) in Numbers 13:30-31 (Amplified), which says, "Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; we are well able to conquer it. But his fellow scouts said, We are not able to go up against the people of Canaan for they are stronger than we are. So they brought the Israelites an evil report of the Land which they scouted out." Numbers 14:10 (Amplified) continues, "But all the congregation said to stone Joshua and Caleb with stones, But the Glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of Meeting before all the Israelites."
Notice, the words (seeds) which were spoken into the whole congregation. Only twelve men saw the Land. Two of them (Joshua and Caleb) said "Let's take the Land," while the other ten said, "We cannot take the Land." The words (seeds) of the ten, entered into the hearts of the Israelites (believed to be 2-5 million men, women and children), which produced a harvest of an evil report. This led to the people calling for the stoning of Joshua and Caleb, because these two believed God for the Promise. Words are seeds and we must be careful what we sow with our mouths.
Seeds will grow, despite who sows them. If a Christian sows poison ivy and a non-believer sows poison ivy, then both will reap what they sow. Bring out the Benadryl, because simply being a Christian will not change the seed. One can't sow poison ivy and reap tulips. The Law of Genesis says, "Everything produces after its kind." If you want the Spiritual Blessings to manifest in your life, then you must sow seeds of Blessing, instead of seeds that are contrary or willfully against them. Confess what God says about you and speak in-line with God, instead of contrary to Him. You reap what you sow.
Do a Words study for yourself about what God says about people who speak in opposition what what His Word says. Allow the Holy Spirit to teach, by His Presense. Jesus said that, "The Holy Spirit would lead us into and show us all Truth." Today, even the government, our kid's schools and social media are pushing us to speak only what they deem as politically correct. Words to matter and the Words of a Spirit-filled believer, have the power to change things. When you sow Word Seeds into the heart of a non-believer, those Seeds have the power to get them born-again into a new creation. Do you suppose the power of your words stop at your lips? Guard your heart above all that you guard and don't hear or speak the wrong seed.
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