The Lord called me from the womb.  He has made my mouth like sharp sword.  Isaiah 49:1-2

God formed us in the sanctuaries of our mothers’ wombs and birthed us to carry His Word in our mouths. We were created to speak what He has spoken. When Scripture leaves our lips, faith begins to stir, and the disordered places come back into alignment.

The enemy knows this, which is why he wars against our voices. If he can mute us, he can weaken us. If he can send us into wordlessness, we turn into a people who do the exact opposite of His original intentions.

He has sure tried to silence me. I remember, beginning at age seven, to curb my words. Over time, I became quieter and quieter. Then, during a season of deep depression in my late thirties, I almost disappeared into silence. I called it my “well of wordlessness.” I did not understand then that silence, when rooted in despair, is not safety. It is captivity. The well was deep, and it didn’t need bars to keep me in. There was no climbing out without supernatural help.

Perhaps you are there now. Praise feels unreachable, and even asking for help seems beyond you. But wordlessness is one of the enemy’s cruel illusions. You are not without words. You are being warred against in the place where your freedom begins. You can still speak the Word of God. The kingdom is bursting with life-giving language. You must speak God’s Word out loud until He unties your tongue, and until the hard crust of unbelief begins to crack and your spirit rises to its feet again.

We were not made to live imprisoned by the heaviness of the flesh. We were made to live from the spirit, where faith still breathes, and the sword of the Spirit is still sharp. I leave today with this personal word of encouragement.

God called you from the womb and gave you a mouth meant to carry His living Word. Use it, and you will feel life return; first to you, then to the one who will receive it.

Father, when skepticism and sorrow try to seal our lips, give us courage to believe You, open our mouths, and speak Your Word until faith rises again. Amen.