48 words.

Psalms 50:1 The Mighty One, God the Lord,
    speaks and summons the earth
    from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Everyday we speak an average of 16,000 words per day. If we reflect on our words, I think that most of us can admit that many of our words are spoken of matters that are not of eternal value. Not that there is anything wrong with this, but we mostly talk about our hobbies, and current events around us. But how many of these words that are spoken are of eternal impact? The greatness of our God is amazing because by His words alone, He spoke the universe into existence. “The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.” The realization that every single morning when the bright and glorious sun breaks through the clouds with its powerful rays, rising over the horizon and announcing, “It’s a new day!” – God did that, with His words. At the end of our weary days, we can again enjoy another canvas of pure and beautiful art when we look up and forward into the sky. We can appreciate a myriad of colors mixed so beautifully together towering over, yet at the same level, of the horizon displaying the work of His hands – God did that, with His words alone. God created the glorious and mighty sun by speaking only 48 words (Gen 1:14). How are we making an eternal impact in our use of 16,000 words?

Words are powerful. We are created in the image and the likeness of our Creator. Furthermore, those of us that are believers have His Spirit living in us! The same Spirit that hovered over the waters before our beginning, the same Spirit that spoke the artistic universe into existence is the same Spirit that resides in you today. How can you speak truth into someone’s life today to have an eternal impact like our Creator’s words did?