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Weight in Your Words
Weekly Edition #26: July 23rd, 2025
Verse I Like:
“Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.”
Weekly Dose
Too many times in my life have I said things that make me weak. Constantly, I find myself saying something that I know so strongly and deeply, only to bail out with a quip like “I’m just joking” at the first sign of discomfort.
This has made me realize—It is important to watch your words carefully. They can build you up and they can tear you down so very easily. They can be your greatest enemy or your most prized proponent.
When you’re speaking, find the words that genuinely come to you and are solid ground beneath you. Don’t use them as a tool for manipulation. Align your words with the truth to the best of your ability. As you do this, it becomes easier and you become more aligned with the truth itself.
Do not betray yourselves with your words. Open yourself up to them, and prepare yourself. Watch how dramatically your existence can change.
Harness your tongue. There is weight in your words, so wait for the right words.
Quotes I Like:
“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
“A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.”
“Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.”
Mane Message
After the Jews left Egypt in the Exodus story—whilst they were wandering in the desert—they became thirsty. They began to groan and complain to Moses and Aaron that they needed water. They even went as far as to long for the tyranny they were just delivered from.
So God tells Moses to go and speak to a specific rock, and it’ll flow with water. But Moses goes to the rock, frustrated, rebukes the people, saying, “Must we bring water from this rock? “And he strikes the rock twice with the staff.
Water is brought forth from the rock, and the people drink—but Moses was disobedient. God rebuked Moses and Aaron, informing them that because they did not trust in Him enough to obey—even as the earthly leaders of the Israelites—they would not see the community cross into the promised land.
Moses speaks from emotion instead of speaking from purpose and the truth. He lets his frustration take over and yells at the people, striking the rock angrily. His words reflect pressure, not trust.
Illuminated also is the severity and weight of the words we choose. One moment of careless speech and disobedience cost Moses entrance into the promised land. This isn’t due to a “too-harsh” punishment, but shines on the severity of words.
There is a danger in allowing your words to be subservient and oriented towards the wrong thing. Your words will lead you towards something, so be very careful. When your words are not serving the truth, the consequences are dire.
Weekly Ponder
What kind of man do your words reveal when no one’s watching and pressure’s high?
Ask Yourself: Are you speaking from conviction—or just reacting to the room?
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