GOD, MY GUIDE

  “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger – Proverbs 15:1.” Words are powerful and those who are wise in using them have known what it means to say “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones – Pro. 16:24.” The application of word goes a long way to settle or unsettle, mar or make the life of any man. And come to think of it, by THE WORD, God created and made all things. Do you now think such Word is to be trivialized or taken for granted? Think not so. Therefore, we are to consider the use of our words henceforth. There are some examples we shall consider both applicable to God and unto men. First, we shall consider the use of grievous words unto God. There was a man called Cain who killed his brother but before then he first hated his blood brother. You see, God knows the thought of all men even before those thoughts become words and words turn into actions. As for Cain, it was first in his thought. And the Lord ...

  "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak – 2Corinthians 4:13.” Word is powerful. This is because word carries authority. We have heard about men and women in authority whose word bound to whomsoever it was spoken. In Scriptures, people’s life was sharpened and others got theirs destroyed due to the same. Words are not what we should take for granted. God is word. More so, God is word, as it is written for us in the book of John. This is to tell us The WORD is not just word. It more than joining alphabets together and pronouncing them to produce a sound after vibrating in the air or wind. This is more than word. Take for instance, as we have known that God is the Word, consider the following also: “ Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear – Hebrews 11:3 .” This is to tell...