May 28
Use The Tongue Wisely!
“I said I will take heed to my
ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a
bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence, I
held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. My heart
was hot within me. While I was musing, the fire burned: then spake I
with my tongue. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my
days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am,:” Psalm 39: 1-4.
We must be careful as to what we
speak with our tongue. The tongue is one of the chief instruments
which Satan uses to cause us to sin. On the other hand, the tongue
can be used as an instrument of praise to God, and sound instruction
and admonition to our fellowmen. The psalmist promised himself that
he would bridle his tongue and keep silence, but he was so
overwhelmed with the truth of God's word that while he thought on
these things, the fire burned within him and he was compelled to
speak.
We need to listen to God's word
and be so overwhelmed with the truth that he reveals to us, and
desire to share his truths with others, that the fire burns within
us until we use our tongue to speak right things. We need to speak
only those things that God would have us to speak, especially to the
unsaved. We are obligated to use our tongue to defend the faith and
to teach the gospel, and win souls to Christ.
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