Words are that powerful.

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Arguably, we all know that words are powerful, or at least we have heard it said somewhere before. So if words are powerful, why is it that we don't often treat them as if they really are?

In the beginning, God said, "Let there be..." and it was; everything we see was created by the Word of God. Now, being that God created this world through His God, it informs me that we, having been made in His image, we possess the same kind of DNA_ the ability to create with words.
It is therefore noteworthy that our system of living in the world today is run on/by words; from countries to businesses to families, you name it.

In politics for example, you may find that most of the voters didn't even know a certain candidate the day before the election campaigns, but before you know it he/she has become their favorite candidate, and this is most probably because of how he/she rallies_ his words, through which he conveys his "promises". When you come to think of it, men who know how to talk are found to be in more positions of influence than those with potential alone.

In dating, you can't understand why she can't leave that toxic relationship . All she keeps telling you is, "Anti he said, he promised..."

In a family setting, somehow Mummy knows how to calm him down, or Daddy knows how to handle her. 

In business, people sign contracts because one has told them the business projections are reliable.

In employment, a prospective employee can mean to be very confident during the interview, and would promise that you would not regret employing him/her.

In dealing with each other as human beings, our words are the bases of why many things happen or don't happen, the bases of why people trust us or not, why people like us or not, why we are dating her/him or not. Even when we choose to document our commitments, we still have to depend on each other's word.

Proverbs 18:21 says: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Meaning that they who love it (the tongue) eat the fruit of a beautiful relationship, the job of their dream as they passed their oral interview, they are so loved by their children, they are now the member of parliament or they got that life-changing contract. When we learn how to use our tongues, we can indeed enjoy it's fruits.

And as we enjoy these fruits, the thing is, we need to live up to every word we say. Not making some more important than others, not valuing some commitments more than others. We have to raise up to the challenge every time we give our word, we need to run after our word and make sure we do exactly as we said we would, especially as Christians.

For example, imagine you're a girl and are starting to push out with this nice guy who says, he loves you so much and he will treat you like a rare jewel till death. He also says yes to dinner later that evening but doesn't make it, and neither calls in to explain the situation, until you call! Wouldn't the lack of commitment to his word concerning dinner raise some doubts about his word to loving you?

It's good to always remember that the people we can trust in the very small things are the people we trust in the big things.

But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. Mathew 12:36

Before you neglect doing what you said you would do, remember that that is the only way we can work with you and we shall always know you by that. 

Doing as we said we would, is not always easy. I mean sometimes you jokingly say yes to something but it turns out to be so much work, way out of your comfort zone, and what-not. However, we always have some options: communicate to the concerned party as early as you can, or force yourself through it, it won't kill you (unless it can).

How beautiful it can feel when you over-hear other people saying concerning you, "He/she is a person of his/her word; if they said they will do it then count it done!"

Please share with us some experiences where someone promised you something, you really counted on their word and they didn't fulfill it.

Thanks!