Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Thinking about the debates and the election coming up it reminds me of how much trouble we get into when we talk before we really have thought things through.
Someone wise once told me we have two ears to listen twice as much and only one mouth so we ought to speak half as much.
James challenges us that the tongue is untamable we need to be careful about how we use it. It is easy to complain. It is easy to say critical or harsh things to people or about them. What we say is only a sign of who we are.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Luke 6:45) It is not so much a problem of taming our tongues as it is developing the right attitude. There is a choice that we have to make many times per day and that is to trust the Lord or not.
When we tear someone down we are merely revealing the insecurities of our own heart. When we are critical (from a negative point of view) we are merely showing our fear.
Secure your heart in trusting the Lord and you will tame and guard your tongue.
“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart don’t lean on your own understanding acknowledge Him in all of your ways and He will make your path straight.” Proverbs 3:5,6
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