Speak Life Into Your Year

Well, it’s another year…it’s only the sixth…and I’ve already managed to stumble and practically fall off the Highway to Holiness! Why is it that when we resolve to do something (like walk in the Spirit) that we are almost immediately tested?

We all strive to be “good” people and to present ourselves in as pleasant a light as we can. That typically means displaying the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…you know, the behaviors that let everyone on the job know that you’re a Christian, right?

But those things don’t come to us easily. Just because we’re Christians doesn’t mean we always do what we’re supposed to. I heard someone say that “Christians don’t sin any less than anyone else; they’re just more aware of it!” That really sums it up, doesn’t it?

But the one way to keep the fruit of the Spirit in your life is to “hold fast the word of life” (Philippians 2:10). What that really means is to take control over the things that you say. On the job, we really don’t have a lot of control over a lot of things. But the one thing that we absolutely have control over is the words that come out of our mouths. Do your words build up your co-workers? Do you say things that make people feel better about themselves and about you?

Speak life into your New Year. Your mouth can make a world of difference!