The power of life and death is in the tongue. Proverbs
18:21. You can quickly kill your dreams by the words you speak. In the same
breath you can give life to them with your words. You must learn the art of
possibility speaking beyond possibility thinking. When you open your mouth and
say it loud as opposed to just thinking, you are letting the whole world know
what you want. The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going and
he is not afraid of speaking about it. You never know who is listening, he
might just be looking for someone like you to help accomplish that goal. Yes
there is the very real danger of letting the secret out to the wrong person who
will work day and night to bring you down but more often than not, you sail
through. When you make your intentions clear, it eliminates doubt in your own
mind and in the mind of others concerning what you want. Speak with
forthrightness about what you are chasing after. It works both from the inside
out and vice versa. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
The other thing you do when you speak out loudly and you are
a man of integrity, you have just publicly bound yourself to the task at hand.
You put yourself in a position where you will not want to backtrack on your
commitments to that course of action. When I want to do something and I don’t
see the means, I have developed the habit of loudly proclaiming it. That puts
immense pressure on me to go out and pursue it as it also galvanizes external
support which is instrumental in getting me across the pond. Speaking about it
has the impact like that of a man who has just jumped into a pond full of
crocodiles and other reptiles. The only option left is for you to swim across
to the other side. This is not easy when you have integrity issues. Without
integrity it is easy to backtrack and focus on the easier route of least
resistance.
When you downplay your dreams and suppress them, you have a
built in excuse for failure. When you move from ‘This is what I am going for’
to ‘Let me try and see what comes out of it’ you are already prepared to lose.
Your choice of words is huge when it comes to doing what you say you are
committed to. It is reflective of your thinking and convictions. Anytime you
find yourself hesitating from boldly declaring what you are pursuing, check
your commitment to the same. We blame Joseph for speaking about his dreams but
come to think of it, if he kept his mouth shut, where would the jealousy of his
brethren which God used providentially to push him towards his destiny come
from. His words provoked and activated the fulfillment of God’s dreams for him.
If what you carry is divinely inspired, speaking about it (in faith not pride)
will not derail you but propel you faster to your end goal.
Go on and speak it because it is yours to claim.
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