About The Tongue

James 3: 4-8

4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.

5 So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

7 For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.

8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

Human tongue, taste buds for sweet are marked (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

About The Tongue

When the Lord made the tongue, He made it so that the majority of the taste buds that detect sweetness are located at the tip of the tongue. But that’s not the only place, taste buds that detect sweetness are scattered around the edges of the tongue as well. Hint, hint: Sweetness should be our first verbal response, and it should be at the edges of all that we say. When we forget something that we ought to remember, we mark it by saying it was “right on the tip of my tongue.” It seems that too many people, and far too many Christians have forgotten how to dispense sweet words.

James 3: 9 and 10 tells us this should not be:
Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

The Lord wants us to know that our words are not disembodied. They proceed from the heart and carry dynamic vectors of truth or lies, healing or injury that are buried deep in our hearts. Our words can build up or tear down. The wounds they cause are grievous and difficult to heal. They can fester over time until they brew a systemic poison of wickedness and malcontent that is able to destroy people, homes, neighborhoods, churches, businesses, cities, states, nations and cultures.

Those who love the Lord Jesus should seek to have a heart that’s pure and peaceable. When our hearts are pure and peaceable, then the words we speak will be the words of the Savior. The words of the Savior are the balm in Gilead, which alone are able to heal the sin-sick soul. Today and everyday, may the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in the sight of Lord, Who is our strength and our Redeemer.

Don’t forget to bless the name of the Lord and to be a blessing to someone today.

Until we meet again: “Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.” (Ephesians 6:10)

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