Tongue is Like a Rudder on a Ship

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The tongue is like the rudder of a ship in that it steers a person’s life in the same way the rudder steers a ship. Even in the midst of fierce winds and strong currents, the rudder is powerful enough to steer the ship. In the same way, no matter the circumstances, the tongue is powerful enough to steer a person’s life. 

In life, your tongue steers and determines your life. Words spoken by your tongue determine the direction and the destination of your life, just like the rudder of a ship determines the direction a ship will go.

Words may not cause you to arrive at the destination immediately, but they head you in that direction, and eventually, if you continue in that direction, you will arrive there.

Your words are very powerful. Even when it seems that circumstances are against you, your tongue holds more power than the circumstances.

If you want to change the circumstances and the direction your life is headed, then change the words you are speaking! Your words are very powerful. 

But this principle can also work against you. If you are a person who says things like “I always get sick, nothing good ever happens to me, etc”, then you are likely seeing those things as reality in your life. 

If you want to change your circumstances, change your thoughts and the words that are coming out of your mouth. If you want to see good days, learn to control the thoughts you are thinking and to choose carefully the words you are speaking. 

People who don’t understand the power of words are constantly saying things that they don’t really mean, and they train their bodies not to believe or take their words seriously. Therefore, when it comes time to rebuke sickness or command healing, their bodies don’t respond the way they should.  

Start controlling your tongue by speaking the word of positivity and victory out loud. This will train your thoughts and tongue to speak goodness and positivity, even in contrary circumstances. Start to think about the words you speak. Your life will get better and better and you will begin to see the good and positivity become a reality in your life!

Pay attention to your words and to your conversations with others understanding that what you are saying is actually directing and steering your life. The Bible says in James 3:4-5; “Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.”

Whom you are is an expression of your inner dialogue. Your ‘inner dialogue’ is quite simply your thoughts. It is the little voice in your head that comments on your life, whether that is what is going on around you, or what you are thinking consciously or sub-consciously. All of us have an internal dialogue, and it runs all the time.

It’s essential that you observe the tone you use in your internal dialogue. Adopt the type of tone that a loved one would use if they were reassuring you. Or reflect on how you would speak to someone who was struggling with something. Work to speak calmly and compassionately to yourself, even when you hit a setback.

Speaking creates how you think, how you move, where you go. Talk to yourself or have dialogue with yourself in such a way that brings you into action, doing and being the things that you want.

The ultimate direction your life takes will be determined by how well you control your tongue. Perfectly controlling your speech is tough work, but the payoff will be immense. A warm tone helps you accept yourself just as you are. Everyone has limitations, and accepting yourself and controlling your tongue, limitations and all, leads to setting the correct course and heading in the right direction.

References:

  1. https://sbnonline.com/article/the-tongue-is-like-a-rudder-on-a-ship/
  2. https://walkwiththewise.org/how-is-the-tongue-like-the-rudder-of-a-ship/
  3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/having-sex-wanting-intimacy/201707/the-power-your-internal-dialogue
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