A gentle tongue [with its healing power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit.
Dear Ones: A Tree of Life! Healing power is able to be released through your tongue: your words. To the ones who receive them, it is like eating from the Tree of Life. This is because the Spirit of Life is released when you speak the truth of the Word by the direction of the Holy Spirit. As you become more in tune with the Holy Spirit, then your tongue is able to be tamed to be used only to give life.
Too often the tongue (the words of our mouth) is used in willful contrariness to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. James warns believers about the untamed tongue in James 3:5-6, NKJV. “Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.” However, when we give the Holy Spirit control of this unruly member, it can become a tree of life.
Think of these things today as you go about your daily tasks. Use your words to release healing power as a tree of life. Ask the Holy Spirit to watch over your words and put a check on you before you speak negative words that can break another’s spirit. Your words have more influence than you can imagine. Your family, co-workers, and customers are all affected by the words you speak. You are an overcomer when you follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit. I bless you in Jesus’ name.