POWER OF SILENCE

We need to understand the power of silence, that is the ability to just keep quiet when the pressure is on. When you find yourself in any difficult situation or challenge, the first step is to keep quiet about it if you have nothing good to say about it. When crisis hits just shut up because your mouth is the door to your life. Once you do not know what to say, do not say anything.

James and Peter are two apostles who wrote extensively in their letters to the churches and to the body of Christ about handling crisis. These two apostles understood the inheritance of God or the plan and purpose of God for his people. They knew this purpose will only be birthed and established through how they handle crisis. that was why James started his book by saying count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations and trials. He understood that handling temptations, trials and crisis was crucial in one's life.Thus, in his book he made emphasis about the right use of the tongue during such times.

We also find Peter speaking about the same thing, that is, the fact that one can be in heaviness through manifold temptations does not mean we should set loose of our mouth. These books went to the crux of the practical out-working of God's power within our lives. What they were really trying to say was that the circumstances on the outside that are pressure points area really trigger points for the fulfillment of one's destiny. Understanding how to handle those things and following the right principles through the right use of one's tongue in those situations count a lot . Peter sums it all up when he said, 'he that will love life (within the crisis) and see good days let him refrain his tongue from speaking evil, let him pursue peace and he will enjoy life and see good says'.How you use your tongue can never be over emphasized. That was why James said when the crisis comes be slow to speak , be quick to hear and be slow to wrath.

Words spoken in anger are counterproductive. Any word spoken out of human anger will always bring negative effect, one of the worst judgement that men receive on the earth are the effect of words that are spoken out of thoughtless emotional pain. This means when things happen and people experience deep pain they allow that pain and the thought that comes to them through it to come out of their mouth. Allowing pain to come out of your lips (in times of crisis) creates a cycle. The bible says, " the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that is defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell (James 3:6) This shows the tongue is like a spark. Every fire starts with a spark and that spark is the tongue, which sets everything ablaze and this fire the scripture says is coming from hell.

This is because hell is pushing and trying to get individuals to say certain things so that demonic spirits can get involved in the experiences of people by making use of the words that comes out of their lips. That is why if you study the life of Jesus they always attacked Him when He spoke. They understood that if they could provoke Jesus to say certain things then they could hold what he said and use it against Him.