And Sets the Course of Nature

James 3:6

“And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets the course of nature; and is set on the fire of hell.”

Such a powerful description of the human tongue and it’s nature. The word “course” translated from the Greek literally means “a circuit of physical effects”. In other words, the tongue will cause a "circuit of physical effects" in the body. That should be enough to cause one to bring pause to one’s thought and words. Think on, meditate on, believe in the heart words and thoughts and emotions…eventually actions are produced; situations are presented to cause those things to manifest or come to pass.

Your spirit is guided by the words you speak and what has been stored all from all your life’s thoughts and experiences. It does not rationalize or decipher what is truth or what is not. It seeks to act on and produce what you place in it as what you believe. “The sower sows the word” Mark 4:14. Words planted in the soil (our human spirits) produces fruit, just like planting corn in the earth….it will produce after its kind. Corn seed will produce corn stalks and more corn seed; grape seed, grapes and so on.

Without words the spirit is blank. Just think, no language, no communication, just the primitive nature controlling. Unregenerate man, sinful man is described in Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"

But Jesus said, Matthew 12:34-35 "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things."

Proverbs 18: 20-21

A man's [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil].

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]

 The unsaved or "not born again" man brings forth evil.  The good man (born again) brings forth good things. The Word of God is nourishment for the newborn spirit; it will produce good fruit! Most “so called good people” will reject the notion and consider it reckless to suggest such a thing, even though it is there in the Bible, directly from the Holy Spirit.

Most people, including myself, have claimed unwise things as theirs/mine. We make statements such as "my back hurts"; "I really feel bad today"; "I HAVE the flu, cold, stomach virus, you name it and we have claimed ownership. We speak it at the first sign of a symptom, "guess I'm catching a cold", "hope I'm not getting sick (fear)". Guess what! Your spirit believes it's true , and it will guide you into a position to cause what you are saying to come to pass. "If you believe, all things are possible to him that believes." Your spirit will work night and day to bring you to a position to receive what you said. Even though in your mind you really did not want it, you spoke the wrong words into your spirit, or your prayed the problem; "Lord I'm sick, please heal me" is confusing. These two statements do not agree!! "Where two or more agree... "

For years now, I have been saying for years that we need to understand who we are in Christ! We need to realize that God has made us powerful beings who he has endowed with the power to create. Most will say, "I'm not creative". Well you have said it so much that your spirit has created a world for you that has stifled your God-given creative ability. But understand, your spirit still "created" something!! The spirit of man is soil for words. It will produce after what is planted. Fear produces more fear; Evil, more evil, good-more good, pure-purity; lovely-more lovely. We are have encouraged to think on things that are “pure and lovely and just”! We are encouraged to always think, say, and do what is right; refuse to think, say, and do what is wrong.

Who are we in Christ? There have been many books, poems, songs, and many other forms of verbiage describing who we are in Christ… let me offer one more.

God breathed His spirit into Adam. With that spirit, Adam was in fellowship and communion with God the Father. Even though sin entered, the creative ability did not. So when Jesus entered the scene, He re-introduces the Kingdom of God, showing mankind what goodness and sinless man could do. He demonstrated to all what being in fellowship and communion with God is like. Then He gave us the ability to do just that, by being born again and by receiving the Holy Spirit. That creative ability has now been energized by the Holy Spirit, where "all things are possible, only believe". We have access to all knowledge, to all wisdom, to all possibilities, in Christ.

Now we can understand the fruit of the spirit. Now we can see that, we've said things in the past that we don't remember we've said, and it manifests
in our life, and we wonder why "God allowed" it to happen, but it was us all along. We said, we believed it, and the spirit produced it, whether we remember or not. We must stop blaming God for our troubles, stop hiding behind the "sovereignty of God", and

James says, "Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights..."
Jesus said, "The thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy, but I have come to bring life abundantly"

I have heard people describe other believers as being "name it and claim it" believers. However, this only pertains to something good or a blessing, maybe a car, new job, house or something material. Yet, if it is something to one's detriment, hurtful, destructive, sickness, disease, or lack of money, then it's God's fault. You claim innocence. If it is bad, God did it or is doing it for a reason, but if it's good, can't be or it won't work. In other words, our sovereign God, will not back up what he said when He said, "You shall have whatsoever you say" if you believe. When are we going to wake up and accept responsibility for our human condition. It was/is/will be done by our words, when we believe in our hearts, either good or evil.

Yes God has made us these powerful beings who exercise a great power each and every moment of the day... the power of choice. We choose to be victims or victors! We choose to take charge of our thoughts or let the adversary think through us. We choose to believe Jesus or something else, for there is no in between. There is no middle ground!! God said very clearly, you are either with me or against. We set the course of nature or create a "circuit of physical effects" in our own bodies by the words we speak.

This message has been brought to you by the Holy Spirit, through one who believes God. One who endeavors to realizing who I am in Christ so that I can take the message to all who will listen, as God has directed me.

What better gift to give to you than a message of hope and encouragement. That you are most wonderfully made in the image of God, with a Spirit, Soul, and Body, able to create good and beautiful things throughout your life; able to perform miracles!! It is not too late to begin defending your spirit and soul. Take charge of your thoughts make sure that what your spirit receives will produce good and holy fruit.