Ironbridge Church | Pastor’s Corner

Jason McElwain is a senior who never played a single second of high school basketball—until last week. Jason is autistic. Despite his disability, in two years on the team, Jason never missed a game, practice, or workout. As a reward for all his hard work, the coach let Jason play the last four minutes of the last game of the season. You won’t believe what happened next. Jason hit six—three-point shots and ended up being the game’s high scorer with 20 points!

Jason’s exploits on the basketball court remind me of a simple Biblical principle—you reap what you sow. Think of how negative the coach could have been—“Jason, you’re autistic, you can’t play, and you can’t even be on the team.” Instead, this amazingly positive coach let him suit up and the result was what one sportswriter called, “as perfect a sports moment [as] . . . any of us will ever know about.”

As brothers and sisters in Christ, our words have power. Scripture reveals a vitally important truth, “…death and life are in the power of the tongue…” (Proverbs 18:21) As believers, if we are incessantly negative and critical about things, it gives Satan a foothold in our lives, our families, and yes—our church family.

A brother in Christ much wiser than I has said, “Satan gains access to our world, to destroy all that is good and holy in it, through our tongues…If we talk negatively about someone [or something] or maliciously gossip, the destructive fire of hell itself is released through our words.”

Choose your words carefully today, because we do indeed—reap what we sow.

Today’s Scripture Promise: “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.” (Galatians 6:7)

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