But What Do You Say?

"Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.'
But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;
nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil one."
Matthew 5:33-37 (NKJV)

Today it seems like everyone has an opinion they want to share on social media, and that can be good or bad.  But just because someone has an opinion or says something, especially if they are saying something about you or to you, it does not mean that it is the final word on that subject.  Someone might have a comment or an opinion about you or some situation in your life, but it is what you say that matters the most.  No matter what anyone else says about you, or does to you, it does not matter as much as what you say or do about that thing.

So many people just repeat what other people say.  In some situations, people believe that the majority opinion must be correct, so they say that.  For some people, they just accept what others say about them, their family, their abilities, and their life, so they repeat what those other people say.  But the most important things that are said about us and our lives are the things that we say.  No matter what other people say about us and the things in our life, what we say matters more.  The last word on any topic in your life should not be what others say, but it should be what you say, based on God's Word.

In Matthew 5, Jesus talked about some things that people said in the past, and then Jesus would declare, "But I say to you," bringing the truth into those statements.  In the same way, what do we say when someone tells us that we are not able to do what God says, our future looks bad, or that our life situation will never improve?  Do we just echo the opinions and statements of others, or do we bring the truth of God's Word into the situation by what we say?  We can just repeat what others say, or we can say what God says.  It is our choice.