Psalm 116:1-2 I love the Lord, for He heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy. Because He turned His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

Who knew how difficult it would be to find one’s own voice. As children, we are taught to speak a certain way. We grow up learning that certain accents and dialect can seemingly be looked at as uneducated or ignorant. So, there’s an added pressure to speak not so much clearly but well enough for “them” to like it. Them are the teachers who held our grades in the palm of their hands. Them are the CEO’s and HR managers that we see for potential jobs. Them are the perfectionist parents who have molded us to “play the part” in order to be labeled as intelligent.

Very often, we fall into the mold of learning how to speak to please everyone else but God. Sure, we are awarded accolades and corporate jobs because our speech won people over. However, God could care less about how thick our accent is in comparison to how much of Him is heard in what we say. Sometimes, the more hardships and disappointment we go through, the bitter we become in our hearts. Then, we start to speak out of what we’ve been through and not from The Truth that is in God’s Word.

God’s desire for us will always be different from what the world expects from us. Yes, it is absolutely fine to be able to articulate ourselves in different environments or group settings. This post is not to deter anyone away from speaking correctly and efficiently. What I am saying is to be sure that how God expects us to speak is also a priority. Speaking well during a webinar and not knowing how to speak to a brother or sister in Christ, in real life, is not the example Jesus wants us to set. As children of the Light, how we speak should be different. Our voice is attached to our identity. Since that is true, as believers, our conversations should change break room babble, laundromat gossip, and useless church complaints.

I’m a witness of how my speech has changed how others talked around me. Because of that, I can never underestimate the power and influence God has given me through His Spirit. The Bible teaches that we are exactly what we think in our heart. With that being true, then the very core of who we claim we are should be verified with the heart of which we speak and not judged solely on how eloquent it sounds. Man may be fooled by how well we can articulate ourselves but God sees the heart in which and how we speak to others.

I urge you to ask God to show you your speech. Does your voice glorify God or what’s happening in the world? Does it speak to what God is doing more than what the kingdom of darkness is doing? When is your voice most amplified and when is it silent? Take these questions with you in your alone time with God and I pray that Jesus in turn frees your speech as He did mine! Amen.

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