A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY
March 29🌷🌷
“…the tongue can no man tame” (James 3:8)
Psalm 120:3, “..what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?” We find ourselves helpless to overcome our own tongues. We get angry at the lease provocation, and our tongues get out of control and no human power is able to control them. We say hurtful things. Sometimes we say them even to our loving friends. Then we not only lose our peace because of our words but cause much trouble to those around us as well. It is true that we do not want to say hurtful words but still we fail many times. Only the power of God can help us to control our tongues.The helm of ship is small in size in comparison with the rest of the ship. Yet the captain can direct the change the whole course of the ship by his control over the helm (James 3:4). We need to bring our own tongues under the control of the power of God and then we shall be able to bring comfort to the needy people. We shall be able to say in real humility that we are sorry when we have done wrong. But when we do not call upon God to control our tongues then lies and words of anger, jealousy, hatred and so on, rush out of our mouths and bring much loss and damage into many lives. After this it becomes very difficult to confess and to say we are sorry for what we have said. Often we have to spend much time to bring peace between two contending parties. Even after both are fully convinced that they were in the wrong, they will refuse to say they are sorry or to ask pardon of each other. They will readily admit their share in the misunderstanding but as for saying, “I am sorry,” it seems an impossibility to them! That is why the Psalmist admits in Psalm 120:1 that he called upon God in his distress. He recalls how his own tongue and that of others had spoken words of pride, hatred and anger. He had tried to control the words but had failed. Then he called upon God. We have seen this experience repeated in our own wretched condition in this and in many other aspects of our lives and have cried unto Him and He delivered us.