TROUBLE-FREE TONGUE
TEXT: PROVERB 21: 23
BIBLE TEXT:
"Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles" (Proverb 21: 23).
When a fire is under control, it is a useful servant, but when it rages uncontrollably, it is a destructive giant that consumes everything in its path. In 1983, a bush fire in Australia devastated the states of South Australia and over seventy persons were killed along with 36,000 cattle. 320,000 sheep and over 2.000 homes destroyed. The Bible describes the tongue as a fire; it is a destructive giant that can consume everything if it is uncontrolled. How do you use your tongue? Is your tongue uncontrollable? Why don't you surrender your heart and tongue to God for a cleansing so you don't get into trouble?
A trouble-free tongue is a tongue that speaks with caution. A well-controlled tongue is never caught up in a web of exaggeration gossip. backbiting and lies. Many youths today allow their tongues to run loose like a water tap with faulty control. Keep your tongue under heavy check (Psalm 141 : 3). The way you use your tongue will determine your happiness now and in eternity. Pray to be saved and sanctified for a trouble-free tongue .
Challenge: Keep your tongue under God's check.
Prayer: Lord, set a watch over my mouth in Jesus' name.
Quote: Speak with caution.
Further Reading: James 3 : 3 - 8 , Colosian 4 : 6
