Made for His Glory Part 11
Another thing that greatly pleases the Lord and gives Him glory is the fruit of our lips. I am not just talking about songs and hymns. They are beautiful to bless the Lord and edify the saints but I am talking about talking. What we say to God in prayers, to people in our world or to ourselves in meditation – all matter to God. Like it is often said, “your word is your bond”. Yes your word is your bond, it’s your honour and it’s your wand (so to speak). With your words you can bless or destroy. Your words are your seeds just as God’s word is His seed. Jesus warned that we will give account of our words – every idle word! That’s serious. So with our right words we please God or with the wrong ones we displease Him. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matthew 12:36 (KJV) Why is this so? He further explained that our words justify us or condemns us. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:37 (KJV) Hello friend, what are you saying? One of my strong mantras is, “to only say in life or post on social media what glorifies God and edifies the saints “. How I wish we all could uphold this. What a beautiful world we will create. Your words can give God pleasure and glorify Him. Solomon’s response to God’s blank cheque opportunity so pleased God that God announced it and added many other things beside. As a young man, he could have asked for gold, silver, pretty girls or victory in battles but he only desired an understanding heart to lead properly. And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 1 Kings 3:10 (KJV) In Luke’s gospel Chapter 18, Jesus spoke of two folks who had come to pray, one went home justified and not the other because of their words which revealed their humility and pride respectively. To glorify God unto His pleasing we must learn to be intentional and careful about the words that proceed out of our mouths. Before you say it, weigh it. While it’s still unspoken in the thought realm, review it. Don’t say it was a mistake, only babies do that. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands ? Ecclesiastes 5:6 (KJV) Read the above verse again, words can so displease God that He could angrily destroy the works of your hands. Beware of your words! Paul shared in 1 Corinthians 13 that when he was a child, he spoke and acted before he thought about things. Don’t do that!. First weigh it in thoughts than say it with grace. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things . 1 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV) My other two mottos for life are WWJD- What Will Jesus Do and WWJS – What Will Jesus Say. May my spoken words and unspoken thoughts be pleasing even to you, O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 (Living) Amen.
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