Today is “Teachable Thursday,” and today’s episode title is “Speak Right, Speak Life.”

In this Teaching Thursday episode, we will spend a little time reflecting on God’s Word based on scripture references taken from Psalm 2:1-3 and Acts 4:23-31 Amplified Bible. During our time together, we will use God's Word to help us through life experiences one chat or one episode at a time.

As we focus on Psalm 2:1-3, we learn that the prideful nations and rulers of this world, in their vain deceit set out to make a hopeless plot against Jesus the Messiah. They set out to do things in their way with no reverence or respect for God. One thing that stood out to me was in Psalm 2:3, “Let us break apart their [divine] bands [of restraint] And cast away their cords [of control] from us.”

I thought about the power God gives us when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, and this enables us to speak the Word of God boldly (confidently, bravely, daringly), and having such boldness (courage, confidence, and fearlessness) can change life experiences of others by the words that we speak.

At one time in my life, I loved to sprinkle my food with season salt. I loved the way that the multiple spices tickled my tastebuds. Many of you are saying why am I referencing season salt and the effect it had on my tastebuds that are embedded in my tongue. As you may recall, I shared earlier that the Book of Psalms is like a compass, a guide, and learning that the tongue is like a map with five distinct sections that can detect the five qualities of taste. Therefore, I reference food and salt because our words can come across as salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and savory.

When one eats a certain type of food, a chemical reaction occurs on the tongue and triggers or stimulates the sensory receptors of the taste buds and this stimulates a reaction or an emotion in the brain. If it is something that is not good, your facial expressions can change as well as you determine without delay if you will try that item again in life. If you do not like the experience, you will move that experience into a do not eat that again category. This is the same when we speak words that cause an emotional reaction within the hearer.

Are your sayings perceived as salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and savory? Has some words or sayings you spoke caused someone harm or chaos? I ask these questions just to cause you to have a moment of insight as I had. As I reflected on God’s Word and thought about the power of words and the effect they can have on others, I had an epiphany, a moment of revelation or insight. If we speak words that are not right, savory, or true then a sour or bitter taste can spring forth out of our mouths. If you will, pause for a moment with me and reflect on the truth of God’s Word mentioned in the scriptures of today. Ask yourself as I asked myself, “What type of words or sayings are spoken out of the mouth in a given day?”

Consider the words that you speak. Are they harming someone because even though the cliché is “stick and stones can break my bones, but words can’t hurt me,” please know that is not a valid statement? Speaking pompously, pridefully, and wrongly can do more harm than good when it is not according to God’s Word. Inappropriate words can cause anger, anxiety, despair, self-doubt, rage, and fear.

Finally, let us let our words be beautiful gifts that build others up and bless those that hear you speak. So go forth, reflect on your moment of insight, and speak right, speak life. This is Maria E. White, author of “Chosen Vessels Pray with Purpose and Passion. If you enjoyed this Podcast, give me a heart, share this Podcast with others. Please visit my website, www.giftedpublishing.com, and there you can get information about my book, Chosen Vessels Pray with Purpose and Passion, and you can learn more about my weekly Teachable Thursday Live Chats held each Thursday on Zoom @ 3:00 pm.

Be blessed until next time.