Minister's Letter |
Topic: Harvest of words
Dear Members of the Family of God,
I greet you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ as we celebrate harvest this year. Words from the Epistle - the letter of James (Chapter 3: 5) communicated that the tongue although a small member of the body, can boast of great exploits or it is capable of making great boasts. The passage (Verses 8, 9 and 10) further talks about how the tongue can be a restless evil, full of deadly poison. People use the tongue to bless God our Lord and Father and also uses the same tongue to curse other people who are made in the likeness of God. The scripture concludes that this duplicitous application of the words of the mouth to both bless and to produce curses or obscenities, is not good!
A good ‘Harvest of Words’ or speech bearing fruits and products for good, comes into focus when (in Matthew chapter 7 verses 15 to 20) Jesus Christ talked about false prophets and likens their teaching to produce, or a tree and its fruits. Pointing out that good trees bear good fruits and bad trees bear bad fruits; which alludes to the point that every tree is able to bear fruits by which you shall know the tree to be good or not good. By their fruits you shall know them is further augmented by the saying that: it is not what comes into a person that defiles them. Rather it is the words that comes out of a person’s mouth that
makes them unclean (Matthew 15:11). By way of words coming out of us which may be seen as produce, I reckon the harvest of words needs our serious examination.
Additionally, James (chapter 1 verse 26 to 27) encourages people to keep a tight reign over their tongue. Without which they will be deceiving their own heart and their religion will be deemed to be false or worthless. Using words, God created the heavens and the earth saying: ‘let there be’ and there was. God created all that was created. And it was good. My words shall not leave my mouth and return without fulfilling what I sent it to do; Here God expressed that his every word will yield dividend and accomplish a purpose. (Isaiah 55:11). Accordingly, before or when we speak, I ask us to consider what purpose do we intend our words to accomplish. Furthermore, even though we may not have ordered the morning and the dawn of a day (Job 38: 12), I believe we could hope that our words might prosper and produce good fruits as harvest.
Finally, the author of Psalm 19; in verse 14 offered this prayer: Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Without speech in the form of words, creation tells of the glory of God. At this juncture, I urge or encourage full caution; that before we call on God with allegations that God is far from the words of our groaning. I pray that we be careful that the words of our mouth will go out to meet God and our hearers and bear fruits of blessings: I wish us a happy harvest time.
Loving regards
Sydney-Samuel
Dear Members of the Family of God,
I greet you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ as we celebrate harvest this year. Words from the Epistle - the letter of James (Chapter 3: 5) communicated that the tongue although a small member of the body, can boast of great exploits or it is capable of making great boasts. The passage (Verses 8, 9 and 10) further talks about how the tongue can be a restless evil, full of deadly poison. People use the tongue to bless God our Lord and Father and also uses the same tongue to curse other people who are made in the likeness of God. The scripture concludes that this duplicitous application of the words of the mouth to both bless and to produce curses or obscenities, is not good!
A good ‘Harvest of Words’ or speech bearing fruits and products for good, comes into focus when (in Matthew chapter 7 verses 15 to 20) Jesus Christ talked about false prophets and likens their teaching to produce, or a tree and its fruits. Pointing out that good trees bear good fruits and bad trees bear bad fruits; which alludes to the point that every tree is able to bear fruits by which you shall know the tree to be good or not good. By their fruits you shall know them is further augmented by the saying that: it is not what comes into a person that defiles them. Rather it is the words that comes out of a person’s mouth that
makes them unclean (Matthew 15:11). By way of words coming out of us which may be seen as produce, I reckon the harvest of words needs our serious examination.
Additionally, James (chapter 1 verse 26 to 27) encourages people to keep a tight reign over their tongue. Without which they will be deceiving their own heart and their religion will be deemed to be false or worthless. Using words, God created the heavens and the earth saying: ‘let there be’ and there was. God created all that was created. And it was good. My words shall not leave my mouth and return without fulfilling what I sent it to do; Here God expressed that his every word will yield dividend and accomplish a purpose. (Isaiah 55:11). Accordingly, before or when we speak, I ask us to consider what purpose do we intend our words to accomplish. Furthermore, even though we may not have ordered the morning and the dawn of a day (Job 38: 12), I believe we could hope that our words might prosper and produce good fruits as harvest.
Finally, the author of Psalm 19; in verse 14 offered this prayer: Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Without speech in the form of words, creation tells of the glory of God. At this juncture, I urge or encourage full caution; that before we call on God with allegations that God is far from the words of our groaning. I pray that we be careful that the words of our mouth will go out to meet God and our hearers and bear fruits of blessings: I wish us a happy harvest time.
Loving regards
Sydney-Samuel
