“The word does not have power. What have power is what you choose to believe” – Larry Brey.
I listened to a great sermon today and I was enlightened by the new wisdom the preacher presented about spoken negative words. We are all aware of the infamous saying, “words hurts” and most times people try to mask the hurt feelings of negative word by saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.”
Is it true though?
Are you truly not hurt by the negative things people say about you? When someone refers to you as dumb or stupid, incompetent, and disgraceful. Do those words really not break you?…. not even a tiny bit?
If your answer is “no” then I think you’re partially telling yourself the truth. Why partially? The first reason is because words truly hurt and in that moment the negative word is spoken on your life, you take a moment to contemplate whether it is true or not. Most times we accept that word as being truly and other times we move to the next choice. The next is to truly not be phased by negative words spoken about you. And how do you do this? It is only by knowing your true identity in Christ!
The Bible reminds us in Psalm 139:14 that we are “…fearfully and wonderfully made…” and God does not make mistakes!
When you know who you are in Christ and how high He thinks of you, then I hope you can truly rest in the truth that “you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you” (Philippians 4:13) and it does not matter what people say about you.
Do not let the crowd identify you by your issues because you are not what you struggle with, you are what you choose to believe!
What negative spoken words are you still trying to overcome?