Righteous Words--Tongues On Fire

Anthem Twelve
Righteous Words

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.” Psalms 19: 14

Tongues On Fire
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It seems fitting David would close this Psalm with v. 14. He says, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer”. David was a man that thoroughly understood the Torah of Moses. He was a man that clearly understood and employed the concept of Yeshua in 15: 11 of Matthew. It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles. It's what comes out of his mouth that defiles.

I have heard it said, “Don’t engage your mouth before you put your mind in gear”. In a paraphrase of Proverbs 17: 28, Abraham Lincoln said, “It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”. Sadly, too many people don’t heed these very wise little axioms. Rather than acting upon a given circumstance, they “react”. They allow fleshly emotions to have dominion over their words and thinking.

Even as a full-grown horse is easily turned by a small bit in his mouth, or a large ship is turned by a small rudder, so the words of our tongue can turn our entire being to either good or evil. Even as a small fire can kindle great destructive forest fires that destroy countless thousands of acres, so a few small words of discord can scar precious lives for years to come, maybe even for an eternity.

Of these truths, James says in 3: 6, “And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell”. For this reason, we should pray as David in earnest that our communication with YHVH and man be pure and encouraging—acceptable to Adonai.

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