The Power of Worship and Godly Speech

UV 3623/10000 The Power of Worship and Godly Speech My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my psalm to the King, My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. Psalm 45 v 1 The good theme that our hearts should overflow with is praise of the King of Kings, Jesus. The whole psalm describes the wedding of the Bridegroom and King with His bride, the church. Our tongues are to be totally disciplined that it becomes inert like a pen and under the control of the speaker, who uses it in a wholesome way to praise God. There is the power of life and death in the tongue, scripture rightly says. A certain gentleman who said whimsically that he wants more suffering, had affliction visited upon him within less than a week as he invited such trouble with his words. We not only need to be careful not to speak or pray the wrong thing but to address our words of praise and worship to the Lord. The skills of communication involve the aural, the oral and the written forms. What the heart is full of, the mouth will speak. Hence, we should be careful what we listen to. The aural leads up to the oral. I recall a fillipism I wrote some time back that finds a place in my first volume, Fillipisms, “ What we store in our hearts becomes our story.” We eat out of the fullness of the words we speak. The best and purest form of communication is to address our words to the Lord in worship, thanksgiving and praise. Worship is out of a sense of awe of the Lord. We might even be short of words to describe the Lord, His goodness and His grace but the Holy Spirit will lay the words we need on our hearts and tongues. Our words should be gracious like those of Jesus, reflecting His glory, not deflecting it. Our lips are anointed like those of priests so that our words keep people from perishing for want of hope. At the same time, our words can be like sharp arrows, aimed accurately and powerfully to penetrate the hearts of men. Our words get the power from the righteousness, truth, humility in which these are embedded. It should bring forth the aroma of the presence of God, of Jesus. Our words are the leaves that are meant for the healing of the nations.