Talk is Cheap

I recently posted a question on Facebook, asking for thoughts about this statement: Words become realities. It got varied responses. Some supported it; others argued that a person's actions are the greater reality. Then it got into the philosophical, talking about a person's thoughts which are made of words and words from the thoughts soon express themselves through speaking and then turn into actions and take a breath.

It is interesting to me. Especially because I see the importance of words. There is a certain measure of power in being able to see words become realities. There is also the reality that in all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty (Proverbs 14:23). So, the true power is in the ability to make the word become, in a way, tangible. If we are just doing or laboring, there is reward and outcome, but there is not anything new. Does that make sense? However, if someone simply talks, but they cannot follow through, there is no power in their words. It's like the wind. Actually, it's less than the wind, because even the wind, though it doesn't have substance, can cause drastic change.

Truthfully, there is only One who can cause the Word to be tangible. Being able to follow through on what you say is a characteristic that is not of dust, but something more eternal. The solution for a person who lacks the discipline to incarnate their words is to know God whose kingdom is not just in words, but Power. And the solution to one who just labors, but never creates is to get into the source of Life, where new things are constantly happening.