AVOID VAIN WORDS
Text: Matthew 12:34-37
By: Adeaga O. Favour
If you know that you will give account of every word that comes out of your mouth, would you still say some of the things you say? Words are not to be joked with, everything we say, whether we mean them or not, are all taken note of.
Today's reading explains to us that "For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned," Matt 12:37. Think about these: How was the heaven and earth made? What medium did Esau use to trade his birthright? What brought about the death of the Amalekite who gave the news of Saul's death to David?
There is a correlation between the words of our mouth and the state of our life. Matt 15:18 says "those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man." Watch your words and watch your life grow better and healthier (Matt 12:33).
REFLECTION FOR TODAY:
It is an error when you pray with your mouth and still issue wrong words with the same mouth (James 3:10)
PRAY:
Lord, I embrace the rest that is in You in Jesus' name.