Does your mouth need a service?

"But I say to you that, for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgement.'                                                                                                    Matthew 12:36.  NKJV

Our words matter. They either do good or do a lot of damage. Proverbs 18:21 says, 'Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.' We will reap what we sow. If we sow bad words, word that cause hurt and upset, we will be judged at the end of the day. But actually, things will not go well for us before that, because we will be in a place of unrest, a place where God cannot bless us fully until we repent, if at all. A closer look at this verse shows that, when we speak life, we're speaking about God's perspective on the issue. When we speak death, we're declaring defeat and constant complaint. We need to make our words productive.

Many people speak what they want to without considering what they're about to say first. Once it's out in the open, it's too late. We may see the news as it discusses the latest case of violence or theft and look at the people involved in a judgemental way. 'They need to get a job instead of filling their minds with violence from watching endless videos. This is where they get all this violence from,' we may say. There may be some truth in this but we are not called to judge. Actually, we don't know the circumstances; where they've come from and judging a person before they've been declared guilty is not the way forward. Racial hate is on the increase and God is not pleased. There is enough violence in this world without Christians standing on a soap box, until they have the facts. Yes, we need to make a stand for justice, but firstly, God would want us to find out the whole story before we rush in saying all the wrong things,

'Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children, and walk in love as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.'
                                                                                                         Ephesians 5:1-2

We do well when we consider what Jesus would do in any given situation. Oftentimes, things come at us so quickly that we hardly have the time to process what is happening. To shoot our mouths off in an example such as this, without at least giving the matter a thought, let alone prayer, is the wrong thing to do. This is why we need to be in charge of our mouth. We also need to root out what is happening in our heart, because this fills our mind and our mind feeds the mouth with words. If the heart is not right, it is feeding the wrong stuff to our minds and our thought-life becomes a volatile tool. This volatile tool, if not serviced well can run out of tune with what the Holy Spirit wants us to say. When this happens, words of death are spoken - words that kill and destroy and damage any type of chance of introducing Jesus into the matter. 

Ask yourself this question: 'Am I in control of my mouth - what I say?' Don't just brush over the question. Put it before God, meditate on it and allow the Holy Spirit to give you an MOT. If you pass, you can drive on. If you fail, you need some type of repair and Jesus is a great mechanic. As you submit to Him and allow Him to carry out some work on you, in no time at all, you'll be back on the road.

Copyright 2019 Grahame Howard

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