Thursday, September 22, 2016

Humbling our tongues.

Jas 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Jas 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

Jas 4:6  But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Jas 4:7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jas 4:8  Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

In humbling ourselves I believe one of the hardest things to do is to watch what we say. In our day and age what we think is what we speak. The words flow out of our mouths with very little thought. Our pride rears up so brightly in our words. We want to be heard! We want our opinions voiced and not only voiced but appreciated! We don't desire criticism when we speak, we want … yes… appreciation. And barring that, we just want our opinion known even if it's very harsh, and sometimes outright offensive. We have the right to speak and we want to be heard even if it is only the family dog listening, seriously, we will speak even to ourselves if need be.  We swear, we are outright vulgar in our speech and this day and age it's so acceptable on many levels- not all- but many. The little inoffensive swear words are common speech. The movies we watch, the television shows we enjoy have a lot of what was once considered unacceptable language.  We might wince when we hear the Lord's name taken in vain, we might cringe a tiny bit inside over that baddie f-word, but we tuck it away and keep on watching, becoming more and more hardened to what was once considered bad- until eventually it will be considered good.

Words.

Speaking.

Our wicked tongues can defile us.

We have a GOD who will help us in spite of our very NON-humble tongues. We have to draw NIGH to GOD so HE can draw NIGH to us! We have to CLEANSE our hands, purify our hearts, and STOP being double minded. Stop, just stop being of two minds. We can't be proud we have to be HUMBLE!  God will resist those who are proud, too proud do admit their need, their total dependence upon God.

God save us! Humble us! Teach us to do all You would have us do, all through YOU.

Please, Father, save us from ourselves!

Help us, Lord, help us we need you more now than ever before! This world is turning inside out, and so much that was once considered evil is now considered good. Please, Lord, please help us.

All through Jesus Christ our LORD now and forever!  AMEN.


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