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In the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, some villagers practice a unique form of logging. If a tree is too large to be
chopped down, the natives cut it down by yelling at it. Woodsmen with special "powers" (they believe) creep up on the
tree just at dawn and scream suddenly at it at the top of their lungs.
They continue this for 30 days. At the end of the 30 days, the tree will have died and falls over. The theory is that the
hollering kills the spirit of the tree.
According to the villagers, it ALWAYS works. And as Christians, we should NOT be surprised that this works.
In the Bible, you have the account of the time Jesus simply spoke to a fig tree and commanded it to die. One account
states that they came upon the tree the very next day and it had withered up from the roots and died. The very next
day.
What if everything you spoke came to pass the very next day? Words spoken such as "This flu is just killing me" or
"With this recession, I'll probably be the first one laid off"?
We yell at our mates and children; we yell at the telephone, the lawn, the television, the newspaper, and our cars; at
traffic, bills, banks, government, and machines of all sorts. Yelling at living things tends to kill the spirit in it. Yelling
bad things at inanimate objects long enough creates the atmosphere for destruction. Why? Because you are not
speaking faith words when you call your car a piece of junk. You will receive whatever you are speaking over your
vehicle because it is a biblical law.
In Deuteronomy 30:19, God states that He has set before us life and death, and blessing and cursing and tells us to
CHOOSE LIFE (that both you and your descendants may live). And He also tells us how to choose life in Proverbs
18:21 - The tongue has the power of life and death.
What are you killing or cursing in your life? What are you giving life and blessing to? It is vital we learn this in the
times we are living in!
SPEAK LIFE.
Sharing the goodness of God:
Musing Copyright © 2011 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
chopped down, the natives cut it down by yelling at it. Woodsmen with special "powers" (they believe) creep up on the
tree just at dawn and scream suddenly at it at the top of their lungs.
They continue this for 30 days. At the end of the 30 days, the tree will have died and falls over. The theory is that the
hollering kills the spirit of the tree.
According to the villagers, it ALWAYS works. And as Christians, we should NOT be surprised that this works.
In the Bible, you have the account of the time Jesus simply spoke to a fig tree and commanded it to die. One account
states that they came upon the tree the very next day and it had withered up from the roots and died. The very next
day.
What if everything you spoke came to pass the very next day? Words spoken such as "This flu is just killing me" or
"With this recession, I'll probably be the first one laid off"?
We yell at our mates and children; we yell at the telephone, the lawn, the television, the newspaper, and our cars; at
traffic, bills, banks, government, and machines of all sorts. Yelling at living things tends to kill the spirit in it. Yelling
bad things at inanimate objects long enough creates the atmosphere for destruction. Why? Because you are not
speaking faith words when you call your car a piece of junk. You will receive whatever you are speaking over your
vehicle because it is a biblical law.
In Deuteronomy 30:19, God states that He has set before us life and death, and blessing and cursing and tells us to
CHOOSE LIFE (that both you and your descendants may live). And He also tells us how to choose life in Proverbs
18:21 - The tongue has the power of life and death.
What are you killing or cursing in your life? What are you giving life and blessing to? It is vital we learn this in the
times we are living in!
SPEAK LIFE.
Sharing the goodness of God:
Musing Copyright © 2011 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
