Oh Lord,
Guide my heart and lips,
To say things pure and holy,
Things that edify,
And give you all the glory.
Matthew 12:34b "...out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks."
What are we hiding in our hearts? Hatred? Envy? Bitterness? Whatever it may be, we must consider doing a heart check. Anything that is not God honoring we should throw out and replace with love. The longings of the heart affect everything we do, including our words. The closer we grow to God, the closer our longings will match his: pure and holy.
I have been thinking a lot about this general idea in the past week. I've been reading proverbs and it talks about the wise and true things that the righteous and wise people say. Wondering how we make sure those are the things that come out of our mouth, I realized it's by making sure we are putting wise and true things in our heart!The Bible says we should be hiding God's word in our hearts, what could be more true and wise than God's word?! If we are hiding God's word in our hearts than he will certainly be guiding what we say!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! Love that verse from Psalms. I also have been reading in Proverbs.
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