WATCH YOUR WORDS

 

Sunday, February 27, 2022

 

WATCH YOUR WORDS

 

James 3:8-10

8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

 

          If you are, like me, the father of a girl then you were her first love. You are her model of what a husband and father should be. When she looks for a life partner, she will look for one like you. Her self esteem and her appearance reflect the words you have spoken to her.

 

          If you are the father of a boy then he will mimic you. He will clop around the house in your boots or shoes. He will handle and scatter your tools. His eyes observe your every move, and his ears absorb every word. He believes what you say to him whether good or ill. Day by day you will mold him to be a copy of yourself.

 

          Words have power! With them you can destroy another’s very self. With them you can place courage in the breast of the coward or cower the strong of heart. You can create beauty in the common or make ugly that which is comely with words alone.

 

Col 4:6

6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

 

Dear Lord, let me be honest, kind, and encouraging with my words because someone will take them to heart. AMEN

WITH MANY OR WITH FEW

 

Saturday, February 26, 2022

 

WITH MANY OR WITH FEW

 

2 Chron 14:9-12

9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

 

          Europe once again is aflame with war and our hearts are with those who are surrounded by a superior foe. We are reminded that Gideon began a conflict with a rather large army which the Lord reduced to just three hundred.

 

Judges 7:2 & 6-7

2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

          I remember an old church chorus we used to sing. It may be appropriate for you today.

 

Got any rivers you think are uncrossable?

Got any mountains, you can’t tunnel through?

God specializes in things thought impossible

And He can do what no other power can do.

 

Dear God of Battles, empower the weak today and get glory to yourself. AMEN

THE ONLY WISE GOD!

 

Thursday, February 24, 2022

 

THE ONLY WISE GOD!

 

1 Tim 1:17

17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

 

Rom 16:27

27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

 

Jude 24-25

24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

 

          Only three times we find the phrase “only wise God.” Paul uses it twice, once inverted. In Timothy it is a call to worship and the introduction to a solemn charge from an old preacher to a younger one. In Romans it is a benediction.

 

          Jude closes his single-chapter book with this glowing benediction which concludes that Jehovah God is the only One who thinks. He is the only One who is worthy to give counsel. He is the only One worthy of our attention. All others sit on the shelf waiting for animation from an outside source.

 

 Ps 115:4-8

4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

 

Dear Lord, thank you for your singular wisdom in guiding me. AMEN