Psalm 141:3
King James Version
3 Set a watch, O Lord,
before my mouth;
keep the door of my lips.
We've all heard the reminder:
"If you have nothing good to say, don't say it."
As born again, that basic knowledge is taken to the highest level.
At the foot of GOD.
Where we implore the LORD to guard our tongue.
That we would only speak of His gospel.
And not of vain babblings.
It's so very easy to babble these days.
We've got lots of social media platforms to present ourselves.
But the true born again only follows the lead of SPIRIT.
What to think.
What to say.
What to do.
Where to be.
Who to be with.
We are, after all, SOLDIERS of CHRIST.
GOD's soldier always keeps watch.
We're always vigilant.
We live by the Bible alone.
May our efforts always be righteous.
Proverbs 15:28
King James Version
28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer:
but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
I had not realized how misused VERBAL communication is.
Or, how powerful it is.
Especially in these last days.
Of course, JESUS knew that, from day one:
Matthew 12:34
King James Version
34 O generation of vipers,
how can ye, being evil,
speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh.
And GOD sure knows man's heart:
Jeremiah 17:9
King James Version
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked:
who can know it?
The world has become cacophonic.
People love the sound of their voice.
The world is drowning in its own vanity.
In April 2022, I even had a dream of how evil presented itself.
As many "lying lips", coming from a HUGE source.
Out of it shuffled a tiny, hooded "minion".
Headed for someone I knew.
I only care to hear the VOICE of the LORD.
I only care to hear His WORD.
What would He say?
What are His instructions?
What is His will?
You will find, it's a "word" behind you:
Isaiah 30:21
King James Version
21 And thine ears
shall hear a word behind thee,
saying,
This is the way,
walk ye in it,
when ye turn to the right hand,
and when ye turn to the left.
The day you become born again, you can be sure the SPIRIT of GOD will guide you.
He will make Scripture easy to understand.
You will know the power of words.
And the POWER of GOD's WORD.
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