The Power of Words

Genesis 1:3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. "And God said, Let there be light" God spoke things into existence by the power of words. Psalm 33:9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined. Isaiah 55:10-11 "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Words are not simply sounds caused by air passing through our larynx. Words have real power. God spoke the world into being by the power of His words (Hebrews 11:3), and we are in God's image in part because of the power we have with words. Words do more than c...