Lay Hold of God's Word

The words of our mouth come out of our heart (spirit) and affect our lives.  The Bible tells us that “life and death are in the power of the tongue."  Are you speaking life or death?  Are you speaking blessing or curses?  Knowing how our words can affect us, our circumstances and the lives of others, we should be careful of the words that we allow to come out of our mouths. 

Proverbs 4:4-6 says, “Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live. Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them. Do not forsake wisdom and she will protect you, love her and she will watch over you.”   

As you can see in Proverbs 4, we are to keep God’s Word in our heart (spirit man).  We are to obey His every word and live.  We are to seek out wisdom, which is the Word of God and by so doing, we will get understanding.   We are not to forget the Word of God and don’t move away from the Word of God.  If we keep wisdom (the Word of God), wisdom (the Word of God) will protect us.  If we love wisdom (the word of God), wisdom (the Word of God) will watch over us.

We get the Word of God by studying God’s Word.  As we study the Word of God, God will speak to us.  He will instruct us.  He will keep us.  He will protect us.  He will watch over us and guard us in every area of our lives.  Don’t let a day go by without spending time in God’s Word.  Study His Word and live.

When we lay hold of God’s Word and fill our hearts with His Word, blessing words will come out of our mouths.  We will begin to recognize words that are not of God.  We will begin to say only what God has said – Words of Blessings!