"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14 NKJV
Most versions of the bible replace the word, 'Strength' for 'Rock'. Of course, both are right. The New King James Version gives us a fuller meaning by stating 'Rock', which is our strength. The other versions use the word 'Rock' which when you think about it, gives us a solid foundation. When we know that we are building on the Rock (Matthew 7:24-27), we can be sure that this will give us and our situation, strength.
As we walk closely with Jesus, He gives us a rock-like strength to live our lives victoriously. However, we need to be careful how we speak - what comes out of our mouth. We can study the Word of God on a 7 day a week basis, read the bible through each year and go to church each week. But, if we allow foul words to come out of our mouth, it undoes everything we have accomplished. We become like a clanging cymbal (1 Corinthians 13:1). People notice.
The Living Bible says, 'May my spoken words and unspoken thoughts be pleasing even to You'. The Amplified ends the verse with, 'O LORD my [firm, immovable] Rock and my Redeemer'. Therefore, we have to be alert to check our thoughts about anything before, we process them and they come out in words. The Lord is a firm, immovable Rock and this is what we should be building on; if we mean business with Jesus.
Yes, we will speak unedifying words at times by reacting to bad comments from people and the situations that we find ourselves in. But, we are only human and open to mistakes, in fact, we are still a work in progress. But, as we pray about this, we can eventually become more like Jesus. It is though, very difficult to achieve this high standard. But, we don't give up; we keep on trying. This is why James said in 1:19, 'let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.' This is actually very much like the old, 'Count to ten before you say anything.' And it works.
We will never be able to tame the tongue, 'But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil full of deadly poison' James 3:8. However, Jesus can master our tongue if we ask Him to help us. It happens by prayer and meditating on Him, giving Him every part of ourselves. You'll never do it yourself. It's far better to seek our personal tongue-tamer - Jesus Christ. He can teach us how we speak.
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