Little insignificant-looking things affect big things
Insignificant, seemingly
harmless things, can cause great destruction and damage.
Take
us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender
grapes. Song of Solomon 2:15 KJV
Mouth worries does not
remain in the mouth but affects the whole body! We use our tongues
unconsciously the majority of our lives. It moves with the inclination of the soul,
because it has been accustomed to do so all our natural lives.
Behold
also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds,
yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor
listeth. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth
great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 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. 7 For every kind of beasts,
and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath
been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an
unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even
the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of
God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My
brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send
forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig
tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain
both yield salt water and fresh. 13 Who is a wise man and endued
with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works
with meekness of wisdom. James 3:4-13 KJV
Who is at the helm? Who's in control of the tongue? Who directs your life?
The rudder steers the
ship, and the tongue steers the person. The direction they go is determined by
who is in charge of the steering.
In the hands of a
skilled helmsman the ship is made to go in the desired direction. The ship may
be driven by fierce winds, which will toss and drive the ship in whatever
direction they please, but with the rudder in the hands a skilled
helmsman, the ship can be steered in the direction of choice.
Our
tongue talk affects our spiritual walk
The tongue can be a killer or a life
giver! It all depends on how it is used and Who controls it!
Death
and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the
fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21 KJV
Let
no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to
the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 4:29 KJV
For
a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For
of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth
that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth
speaketh. Luke 6:43-45 KJV
A
wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the
spirit. Proverbs 15:4 KJV
We too may be driven by fierce winds
that, if given the opportunity, will toss us to and fro. However with the
Spirit anointed control of our tongues, we will be able to speak life and not
death to ourselves and others.
The Tongue
Tamer! The Holy Spirit is our Guide.
We cannot tame our tongues! Only the
Holy Spirit can! He is the Guide on the Way we walk and He is the Helmsman on
our rudder to steer our talk! IF WE ALLOW HIM!!!
Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come. John 16:13 KJV
But
the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not
that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things,
and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in
him. 1 John 2:27 KJV
The Holy Spirit take the Word of God
and applies them to our lives.
Therefore
we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest
at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by
angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just
recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great
salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed
unto us by them that heard him; 4 God also bearing them witness,
both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy
Ghost, according to his own will? Hebrews 2:1-4 KJV
Since we were born into this world,
we have been ruled by our flesh and soul.
When we were born again into the
kingdom of God, our spirit came alive through the indwelling Holy Spirit.
While our soul and body continue to
pull downward, minding the things of the flesh, our spirit is inclined
heavenward and mind the things of the spirit. We have to make a constant choice
about which direction we will incline toward. When we allow the Holy Spirit to
be in control, He takes Word of God and separates the soulish from the
spiritual. He steers and enables us to speak the words of life. We ignore
Him at our own peril!
For
the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 KJV
Remember what is
in the heart issues through the mouth! Determine in yourself to speak the words
of life. Determine to speak the Word of God.
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the
door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to
practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their
dainties. Psalms 141:3-4 KJV
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