We all have had times where we said things that we later wished we had not said. We regret saying them for one reason or another. We know that once words are spoken, they can't be unspoken. Words can encourage or discourage. Words can give hope or despair. Words can help or hurt. Words are powerful.
Have you ever heard someone say something like, "I just can't get rid of my headache?" or, "I wish my depression would go away", or something to that effect. Look at that closely. Listen to them closely. When you or I say, "my headache," or "my depression", or "my whatever it may be", we are basically taking ownership of it. We are calling it "mine".
If you come to "my" house, you walk in "my" door, and sit at "my" table; I can call them mine, because they are mine! If I come to your house, I cannot call your table, chair, house, or anything in your house "mine", because they are yours, not mine. Simple, isn't it?
When you say, "my" headache or whatever it is, you are claiming ownership to it. You tell everyone about "my" (whatever it is). Then you turn around and ask God to take it away. Now, we know from Scripture that God is not a thief, Satan is. (John 10:10). God does not steal anything from us. If you ask Him to take away "your" headache, why would He? It's "yours".
We must realize the importance of the power of the tongue. We must began to rebuke these things from our lives and stop claiming ownership to them. As children of God, sickness, disease, worry, etc, do not belong to us. We are not to own them and call them "ours". The gifts of God are ours. Start claiming them! My peace, my healing, my joy, my blessings.....
Let's watch our words and keep our tongue under subjection. I don't want anything the devil has to offer, so I will not call disease mine. It may be invading my body, but it's trespassing and I do not have to accommodate it and give it room in my body and in my life. Tell it to go in Jesus' name, don't claim ownership to it.
Remember the song we sang in Sunday School: "O Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say?" That's not just for children. We would all benefit from choosing our words more carefully. So, what do you say?
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