Monday, July 1, 2013

Turning The Ship

In prayer this morning God directed me to James 3:5. The scripture talks about how we have the power in our tongue like the bit in a horse’s mouth or the rudder on a ship to turn the entire body or structure. This scripture starts speaking about not everyone should want to be a teacher because the tongue is so powerful. James admonishes not to speak against others, that good and bad should not come from the same mouth. What encourages me here is that James assumes we understand that we have power in our speaking to our control our whole body. For me, that is a very powerful revelation. James goes on to say that no one will be perfect at it, or that is what I interpret him to be saying. That I understand because we are human, and I know for me personally I am not perfect. I make mistakes regularly, and have to keep looking to God to get me back on track. But for me it is so encouraging to know that I have God on my side and He has given me the power over my body. That power is in my tongue.

Prayer
Father, You are the King of the universe. We praise and exalt You for Your wisdom and Your truth. We need Your help. You have given us power over our very being in the form of our tongue. That is really at least a little bit scary. I know for me that I do not always get it right. Please help us move towards doing a better job of getting it right. Please help us guard our tongue and our speech. Help us to say and do the right things. In Jesus name. Amen.