April 13

The Bible stresses the importance of a man’s own words regarding the outworking of his circumstances. People are not hapless by-standers where their fate is concerned. They do not have to sit back and watch events swallow them into a sea of eventualities that they would prefer to avoid.

The truth of our power over our own lives is stated clearly in Proverbs 12:14 where it says, “From the fruit of his words a man shall be satisfied with good, and the work of his hands shall come back to him. The point is two-fold, and it is clear. Our attitude toward and what we do about our circumstances have impact.

Our words spring from our hearts. If our hearts are filled with faith, our response to life will be rooted in faith. When storm clouds gather, we will view them from a vantage point of expectation rather than from a vantage point of dread. We will speak hope into the storm, we will speak peace into the storm. Our actions too will reflect our confident expectation that our Father in Heaven is Lord over the storms of life.

We will not cower in fear of the storm, but will boldly meet it—knowing we do not encounter it alone but with the One who has promised to ever be at our side. When we face life and its battles with confidence in Jesus who has given us victory over every foe including death, hell, and the grave, our attitudes, our words and our actions will evidence His resurrection power within us and over every trial we encounter.