Friday, June 27, 2014

Watch My Mouth

Psalms 141:3 KJV
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

So important are the words we speak that the Psalmist asked God Himself to guard those coming from his mouth.

We take too lightly what we say[1]. We do not think them through. Often we speak as a means of venting:
  • Frustration
  • Anger and
  • Evil thoughts

The believer ought to learn better than this. What comes out of our mouths can never be taken back. It is unbecoming and unChristlike to pour out things that are not seasoned with grace.

God's Word answers this prayer through New Testament teaching. Jesus said we speak from the heart. Therefore the first place to look when we find the wrong things coming from our mouths is our heart. Change the heart and we will change our thoughts and our words. We change our heart by laying up treasures in heaven and not the earth.




[1] And very often what we write.

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