What Do Your Words Say About You?

This lesson will most likely challenge you and I, but that is ok! The Word of God does and should challenge us, daily, to live in the fullness of Christ and the things HE has made available to us!

In Matthew 26, we find the story where Jesus has been taken into custody and is standing before the high priest, Caiaphas. Verse 58 says that Peter was following at a distance to see how things would turn out. The story begins to tell how Peter denies knowing Jesus.

In verse 73, we reach the place in the story that I want to talk about in this writing. "After a little while the men standing there came to Peter. "Of course you are one of them," they said. "After all, the way you speak gives you away!"

"The way you speak gives you away!"

Here is my question, does the way you talk give you away? Can people tell the difference from you, as a believer, and others, who may not be believers? Is your speech, or the way you talk, describe, by itself, that you have a different pattern for your life to live by?

Years ago, a dear friend of mine made a statement. "We cannot face the world with the same countenance that it faces us with". I will add to that, we cannot speak to the world with the same speech that it speaks to us with! No hope, no joy, no peace, no rest, no victory. We have all that, and more, in and through Christ Jesus!!

Most of the world is in such confusion and chaos right now. They are looking for answers, and here we are with the answer to life right here in our heart. Jesus! Not religion!! Most of the world looks at religion and laughs, and I am not so sure it doesn't deserve to be laughed at! We talk about how people need to change their life and ask Jesus into their hearts, then we turn around and rant and rave, with our speech, about how bad we have it, or running down another believer, or another church, passing judgment on others, gossiping, all those things. Then we wonder why the world isn't knocking down our door to try to find their way. Their way to what? The same kind of mess they are already in? No!! The world wants peace, joy, hope, victory! Do they hear that in yours and my speech?

Peter's speech, or the way he talked, gave him away. It exposed who he was. Does your speech do that? Does it tell others that you are a disciple of Christ? Does it tells others that you have put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ? Does it tell others that you understand the things they are going through and have a sympathetic heart, or does it present you as being better than others with no compassion for them and the things that they are facing. Many years ago a preacher friend said this, "People don't care what you know. till they know that you care!" We, the church, the Body of Christ, those born again, have the answer to the world's cries. The answer is in a person, the man, Christ Jesus. He is our hope, joy, peace, victory!

Our words, or speech, gives us away! My question is, what do your words say about you?