MEDITATION MOMENTS

The victory begins in a change in the heart , for words are but the outflow of the soul from which they proceed. And if that soul has a baptism of God's Spirit, they'll be so filled with God's Love, that every word will be filled with tender compassion, for God is Love.

There's only one way to change the unruly tongue, and that is to transform the spirit that controls it. Ask God to baptize you with His Spirit, for the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a baptism of Love.

We can never control that tongue of ourselves, the Word of God tells us this. "The tongue can no man tame" (Jam.3:8), but God can tame it! God is God, and nothing is impossible with Him. "With man is it impossible, but with God all things are possible." -- Mat.19:26.

Open your heart to Him, yield yourself completely to Him, ask Him to come in and full you with His Spirit. The indwelling Christ can then speak through you, and your words will be "seasoned with salt." -Col.4:6. If you faithfully read God's Word, you'll come into an abiding relationship with Him, that as Jesus said, "My Word abides in you." -Jn.15:7.

When His Word abides in you, you can't gossip and say the unkind and bitter thing. You'll stop do much of that. You've heard the childish call to each other, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me." Well, that isn't true! Sticks and stones can make surface wounds, but the wounds from words are a long time in healing.

There's an admonition in God's Word, which says, "Keep thy tongue from evil and the lips from speaking guile." -- Psa.34:13. Jesus said, "Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." -- Mat.12:36,37.

There's a novel which describes a woman in this manner: "She nibbled at her salmon and other people's reputation." And in another book, it speaks of a man's character in this manner: "He could whisper away a character by an innocent word; he could destroy a high reputation by a shrug of the shoulders." Will God have to deal with us about things like that?

Trust God to change you! Believe that His Word will not fail. He can come win with His Spirit, and cause kindness to flow through you because He possesses your tongue and your life. You'll become a stream of blessing to all about you. God bless you and help you in this and give you a victory. He's still on the Throne. Prayer will change things.