Gift of Words

“Let no cor­rupt com­mu­ni­ca­tion pro­ceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edi­fy­ing, that is may min­is­ter grace unto the hear­ers.” Eph­esians 4:29.

God gave us the gift of com­mu­ni­ca­tion for two pur­poses. Num­ber one is to glo­rify Him, and the sec­ond is to edify oth­ers.  Every word flows from your heart to impact the heart of oth­ers.  God has given us the abil­ity to write, speak and to com­mu­ni­cate with words to oth­ers.  We will be held account­able for how we used those words to communicate.

This week I strug­gled with find­ing the right words for sev­eral dif­fer­ent sit­u­a­tions.  On one of those occa­sions I had brains enough to con­sult with some­one else before chos­ing my words.  I’m glad I did.  I love mak­ing a choice, then double-checking my choices with oth­ers.  Many times, I find I messed it up.  This week, I made one cor­rectly.  I enjoy get­ting con­fir­ma­tion that I’m on the right track. Don’t you?

God cre­ated com­mu­ni­ca­tion for good.  Go use good on some­one this week and don’t for­get when you’re done that com­mu­ni­ca­tion is a gift from God.