Behold Him!

Part of the homework (for lack of a better word) for Free Indeed this week was to behold Jesus and be transformed. During my quiet time today, I prayed that I could behold him, and I saw a picture of him sitting on a throne, wearing a white robe, and I was just bowing at his feet worshiping him. Also during my quiet time, the following poem was put on my heart. Perhaps it was God inspired? Behold him as king sitting high on the throne. Behold him as your savior who for your life he gave his own. Behold him as a friend who will never leave your side Behold him as a counselor in whom you can confide. Behold him! He is Jesus! God's one and only son. He came and lived among sinners, and yet, he wasn't one. His sacrifice saved our lives and set the captives free. Behold him! He is risen! And he's coming back for you and me.

Words

I believe that our words hold great power. They can either be weapons of mass destruction that completely destroy people and things in their paths, OR they can be a light that shines through the darkness. In his book God's Creative Power Will Work For You, Charles Capps writes: "Faith filled words will put you over. Fear filled words will destroy you. Words are the most powerful thing in the universe". Think about it. God spoke the earth and everything in it into existence. Jesus SPOKE to the fig tree and told it that it would no longer produce fruit and it withered and died. He also SPOKE to the storm and said "Be still" and the storm stopped. Jesus gave us the same authority that He gave his disciples. As a child I was often told when I was teased or picked on to just say "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me" I find this statement to be completely and totally false. I know several people, myself included, who have been wounded and broken because of the words that someone spoke to them. Words that tore down instead of lifted up, words that destroyed instead of healed. Think about this the next time you speak to someone. Think about your words before you say, type, or write them. Are you going to be the light in a dark world, or a weapon of mass destruction?