Measuring Our Words

UV 3405/10000 Measuring Our Words



But I tell you, on the day of judgement people will have to give an accounting for every careless and useless word they speak.



Matthew 12 v 36





Our words reflect our inner spiritual condition, our state of the heart. If we are storing evil in our hearts, evil words will come forth. If we are storing good things, good words will come forth. If we store the Word of God, the perfect word of God will come forth. Hence, Jesus warns us not to speak any careless or useless or purposeless words. Our words are meant to build the faith, to encourage and edify the hearers. Jesus said, “ If we call our brother a rascal, we are guilty to be sent to the fires of hell.” We are not to use our words to abuse or insult others.



Both sweet and bitter water cannot flow from the same spring. Hence, we who are dealing with the Word of God cannot allow our words to be negative, carping, insulting, discouraging to our listeners. We need to allow our words to go through a filter or sieve and only words that are wise, pleasing, gentle, gracious should be allowed to emanate from our mouths. We should spend some time every day examining the quality of our conversation, our speech both in public and private. As a rule, the more angry we become, the slower our speech and lower our tones should be. Our words should be carefully chosen and deliberately delivered in order to be effective and useful. The more we treasure our relationship with God and man, the more we will measure our words. The more we treasure eternal life in Christ, the more we will measure our tones and our words.



Speaking on impulse without much thought has the propensity to get us into much trouble. The more thought we apply to our words, the less trouble we will have. Words affect our emotions, our relationships, our decisions, our influence. We should not speak unless our words are likely to have a better effect than silence. Words should be used carefully like currency, not carelessly, thoughtlessly. Spending more time listening, spending more time praying and less time talking helps us avoid needless chatter. Praying for the Lord’s anointing of our words, the Holy Spirit’s regulation of our speech is the key to perfecting our speech.