Until recently I had never given much thought to the word echo. I knew what it meant– an echo is a sound heard again (a repetition) of an original sound. In a large room or a canyon, you can shout and hear the echo of your own voice bounce back to you. This was always fun to do as kids, but as an adult I hadn’t really thought about it.

However, a key word in its definition recently grabbed my attention. An echo is a reflection. Isn’t that an interesting? It’s a reflection of sound.

I learned a long time ago that God wants us to see ourselves the way He already sees us in Christ. And we find in the scriptures that Jesus is the mirror image of who we are as children of God. And a mirror reflects an image just like an echo reflects sound.

This is what caught my attention: I’m seeing the correlation more clearly of why our voice has to line up with God’s Word if we’re ever going to see the correct image of ourselves.

For example, when God had me look in my mirror, He had me “say” (or echo) what He already said about me. “Tell her you love her and you forgive her.” These words are the heart of God. Yet the only way I was ever going to grasp and walk in this truth was to say what God said. In other words, I had to echo God’s Word.

What are you saying?

Romans 8:31 says, “What shall we SAY about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?” Or what about the words of Jesus concerning how to operate in real faith: “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever SAYS to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that those things he SAYS will be done, he will have whatever he SAYS” (Mark 11:23). Even when asked, “But who do you SAY that I [Jesus] am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.” In other words, Jesus asked Peter to echo back to Him what others were saying and what he himself believed.

In each of these examples, truth was stated when it echoed what God has already said or declared.

What you say is as important as what you see in your mirror (reflection). And it seems the two work together: What you see will be reflected in what you say.

So I want to encourage you to carefully evaluate the things you are saying (especially about yourself). Are you echoing God’s truth or your feelings? Both have a voice but only one will ensure your victory. I heard a minister state one time: “God’s Word in your mouth has the same power as God’s Word in His mouth.”

So echo Him.