Dear friend, you can change any situation in your life that you currently are faced with, if you really want to. It doesn’t matter how testy it is or how long it has existed, if you really want it to change, you can change it. That is a profound statement and that’s the truth. How can we do this? The Bible shows us how.
James chapter 3 verses 3 – 5 is an interesting passage of Scripture. It says, “Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth”.
Here, the Apostle James was writing about the tongue. He called the tongue, “a little member”, but he was actually likening the tongue to some objects he spoke about earlier. First, he spoke of bits of iron that are put in the mouths of horses so “that they may obey us”. With this bit in his mouth, we are able to turn about the horse’s body. Now compare these tiny bits to the size of the horse’s body. Negligible, right? Yes, very negligible, but when they are in place, the horse will obey the rider and go in the direction the rider pleases.
Next, he wrote of the ships on the sea. He described these ships as “so great”, that is, massive in size. Also, these ships are driven by fierce winds. Carefully note the size of the ship and the force behind their movement. Yet these ships are controlled by a tiny rudder. Regardless of the size and the fierce winds driving the ship, the direction the ship goes is determined by a tiny rudder – at the hand of the captain of the ship.
The size of the horse notwithstanding, with the tiny bit of iron in the mouth of the horse, we can bring it under control and direct it wherever we want to go. Same for the ship. The ship may be so big and the winds so fierce, but it will surely go in the direction the captain of the ship turns the rudder. Even so is your tongue! It’s small but it can alter the course of your life!
Your tongue is the rudder and you are the captain of your life. Your life may be in such a big difficulty right now, and may seemingly be driven by very fierce and contrary winds. Perhaps, you seem to be losing grip of your life. It doesn’t matter how terrible the situation is, if you just have a tongue, like that tiny bit of iron in the mouth of the horse, you can bring that situation under control to obey you, you can turn that ship around to safety, you can change that situation. The key to turning any situation around is your tongue.
You can turn any situation in your life around if you really want to. All you need to do is to use your tongue. It starts with your tongue. Your life will go in the direction of your words.
In Mark 5:25-34, we have the account of the woman with the issue of blood. For twelve years she suffered. She visited many doctors, spent all she had in search of healing and health. Instead, she grew worse. Then she heard of Jesus. Someone told her about the love of God. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son Jesus, that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life. And this Jesus, anointed by God, went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil, for God was with Him. Jesus saves. Jesus heals. Glory to God.
When she heard of Jesus, she put her tongue to work. She began to say, “If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole” (verse 28). And when she met Jesus and touched his garment, what happened? The Bible says, “And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague… And he (Jesus) said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.” (verses 29 and 34). She was made whole! You see, she said it. She got exactly what she said. You too can change any situation in your life, if you really want to!
Begin to say what you want. Set your gaze upon the direction you want your life to go, and turn your tongue in their direction. You may be in such a mess now, but if you begin to say what you want instead of what you are seeing now, in the process of time, things will turn around for you. Stop talking sickness. Talk health. Start saying, “By His stripes, I have been healed” (1 Peter 2:24). Speak health, hold fast to speaking God’s word on healing and health and in the process of time, you will see health manifested in your body. Stop saying you are going to go under. The bible says, “When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up” (Job 22:29). There is a lifting up for me. While others may be going under, I am not going to go under. I am lifted up. I am increasing and abounding on every side. Look, this is not denying the situation. Rather, this is turning the rudder in the direction that you, the captain of your ship, want (James 3:4). Call yourself healed! Call yourself blessed! Call yourself prosperous! Put your tongue to work. Put God’s Word in your lips constantly and that situation will change for good. Praise God!
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