Guard Your Mouth
Have you ever surrendered your mouth to the
Lordship of Jesus Christ? Most believers understand the concept of Lordship –
meaning we are to be totally surrendered to Jesus. But few think of Lordship in
regards to their mouth.
If we examine the scriptures we find many verses that admonish us to use wisdom and discipline with regards to what we say. Ephesians 4:29, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth”. Ephesians 5:4, “neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting”. Jesting means coarse, or harsh jabs at someone. Matthew 5:37, “let your communication be, yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.” Colossians 3:9, “Lie not to one another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.” I Corinthians 10:10, “Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.” I Thessalonians 5:18, “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
The average person thinks about 3000 thoughts per day. I’m convinced that some people say about 3000 things per day. You don’t have to say everything you think. It requires mental and spiritual discipline to guard your mouth and to use discretion in what you say. James 1:19 says, “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”
Most of us would do well to heed these scriptures and to bring our mouth under the Lordship of Christ. Let’s work at using kind words. Let’s refrain from saying everything we think. This world will be a kinder place to live if each of us will do a better job at managing our mouth.
Pastor Bruce Freeman
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