Saturday, 13th
October, 2012
IDENTIFIED BY WORDS
Memorise: "The
lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom."
(Proverbs 10:21).
Bible in one year:
Revelation 16-18
Read: Proverb
10:19-21
The righteous are
identified by their speech. They do not speak carelessly. They understand the
weight of words and the use of their words effectively, knowing that someday,
they shall account for every idle word. Psalms 37:30-31 says:
The mouth of the righteous
speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgement. The law of his God is in
his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
From this passage, we see that the word of God that we hide inside our
hearts can control both our tongues and our feet. The righteous takes time to
hide God's word in their heart. When God's word fills your heart, your mouth
will open in wisdom. Any believer who engages in foolishness is most likely
bereft of God's word. If you spend five minutes with the righteous, there is no
way you will leave without hearing something that God has said. What is your
tongue used for? If you engage it in immoral discussions with the opposite sex,
gossiping, lies or any form of falsehood, you are not a righteous fellow.
The words of the
righteous are like food to the hearers. They sweeten the soul. If you sit by a
righteous man for counselling, within few minutes what you hear will put you on
the right path.
"The lips of
the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom." (Proverbs
10:21).
Since the righteous know how to speak the right words to meet with
every occasion, their tongues feed many (Proverb 10-32). The foolish hears the
words of the righteous and receives wisdom. The sinners hear the word of
salvation from them. The sick receives the word of healing while the hopeless
receives hope. You cannot meet a righteous man or woman and hear him or her and
not be impacted. No wonder Proverb 10:11 says his mouth is a well of life.
There is a fountain of goodness in him so that whenever he opens his mouth,
living waters ooze out. When the righteous preach the word, deep truths are
revealed that can impact hearers for good. Can you be adjudged righteous by
your words?
KEY WORDS
The world is waiting to be positively impacted
through the words of the righteous
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