The Power of the Spoken Word

“Oh, you, stupid, what did you do that for?”
Think about these words for a second. Not uncommon in this world, right? Now, think on this, “What a wonderful job you have done!” In all honesty, which encourages your spirit? The latter. Why? Not for the sole reason that it is using positive words and is spoken in a positive way, but because there is also power in the spoken word. There really is. For did not God create the world, universe, heavens and all of those dimensions using words? And man is made in the image of God. Really, really think about that. If God, the creator of all, has the authority to create something out of nothing using words, then surely we humans, made in his image, must have some power in and by what we say.
Now, perhaps, as is the spoken word is thought of very little in this modern world, things spoken are often thought of with little consequence. Never underestimate the power of the spoken word. For as curses in the original form were used for tearing down and destroying, the enemy can use negative words spoken over someone in the same manner. And as positive words raise people up, they are also equivalent to blessings. For there is power in the word, even more power when spoken out.

Proverbs 18:21 says:
21 “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

From this perhaps the conclusion can be drawn that more than just sometimes, as follows the Biblical principle of sowing and reaping, there might be consequenses for some of those un-thought of things we say. That thought and possiblilty certainly adds another dimension to what (or what should) come from our mouths as God-fearing Christians.