How many of us have been involved in conversations that when you walk away you start beating yourself up inside because you said something proudfully stupid or you spoke ill of someone who was not there and able to defend themselves? 99% of us have been there haven’t we? The Bible is a glorious testimonial of God, of who He is and what He is like; but it is also a true mirror of humanity and who we are, why we are, and an instructional book of how we ought to be. It tells us that the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, a little member and boasts great things. It even says that no man can tame the tongue. Why? Because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The tongue is a litmus test of the heart! To tame the tongue you must tame the heart, and “it is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked”, the Bible says, and “who can know it?” This must be why God gave us the proverb, “When words are many sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise” (Proverbs 10:19). This is a great antidote to an embarrassing conversation. Hold the tongue, walk away with a good conscience, and rejoice in wisdom. If it were only that easy! To hold the tongue is to hold the heart. So to get at the tongue we must target the heart! But as the Bible says, “we can’t know our own heart”. Thank God for His grace that also says, “I, the Lord, search the heart”, and He “turns the heart wherever He wishes”. If you are frustrated with your tongue, pray to God that He will change your heart.
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