Words of My Mouth

James 4:11-12 (MSG)

Don't bad-mouth each other, friends. It's God's Word, his Message, his Royal Rule, that takes a beating in that kind of talk. You're supposed to be honoring the Message, not writing graffiti all over it. God is in charge of deciding human destiny. Who do you think you are to meddle in the destiny of others?

Bad mouthing others tears down the Word of God, it makes us graffiti artists.

On Sunday a woman was telling me about a friend of her sons who wrote graffiti, in chalk, all over her windows. This boy seemed to have no protocol and when he had an urgent message for her, about her son, he had no credibility, she hung up on him.

If we God's people trash the word of God with our mouths and when we really need to bring it to a situation we are powerless.

On Sunday, again, I served at a coffee station at church, learning to make affogatos, Vienna coffee and the usual cappuccino, flat white and late. There was a friend of the guy in charge who had let this man down by not turning up for his roster and not calling. The guy in charge was all bent out of shape because 'he's a friend and he shouldn't treat me like this.'

My understanding is that we are all sinners and we will all let someone else down at some time. As to why we sin, God knows, and as to how we are to repent, He knows. We are in His hands and if someone else gets bent because of our sin, repentance is our task, forgiveness is theirs. 

My role is to honour the Word of God, slow down and let God be God. 

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight oh Lord!