When it comes to words and actions - James takes time to focus on words. Why? Because that is how we get a handle on our actions. Words are how we determine what we are going to focus on. Words set a course for our actions. Much of what we end up doing is first processed through our words. Sometimes just hearing our own words is enough to convince us of the rightness or wrongness of our own thoughts. A faith that works needs to be very intentional about how we use words. If you get this one thing right, everything else is going to go much better.
