SELF- CONTROL
Live Daily Footstool Devotional
Monday, 11th March, 2024
Read James 3
Proverbs 13:3 TLB
Self-control means controlling the tongue! A quick retort can ruin everything.
Without self- control, you are not yet made perfect in love. You are not yet mature if you cannot exercise a good dose of control on your own self when it’s most needed.
Galatians 5:22-23 TLB - But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and SELF-CONTROL.
True maturity requires that you acknowledge that there is a beast lying within your own self, that if you do not sufficiently tame it, it will rule over you and disgrace you before you know. Receive the key to tame your own wild beast of the uncontrollable person that you may be!
In order to control a big machine like a car for instance, all one has to do is to use the key in its proper hole near the steering wheel and one can either move that large device or stop it. In the case of a complicated device like a computer, pressing a tiny key could be all that it takes to turn it on or off. Apostle James alluded to how that a tiny rudder could control a whole big ship!
You can control yourself well enough by learning to use or not use your little tongue to steer your large self! Decide today to view your tongue as the steering device for your life. Are you quick- tempered? Not as much harm can be done through your own bad temper boiling in your own head and chest as compared to the harm that can be done if you let your tongue loose to spew it all out insults, quarrels, outburst, fits of rage, or a brawl. Mastering the art of using your tongue to control your body’s emotions can be your best tool ever for you to attain heights of love, self- discovery and maturity in Christ.
You don’t have to respond to everything. You don’t have to say anything sometimes. One quick retort to a disgusting comment thrown at you unawares, leaving you all dishevelled and disappointed, could be all that’s needed to bring an irreparably big ruin into your life and destiny.
Learn to control your self by controlling your tongue. You won’t go very far in life without this key!
Prayer: Dear Lord, I thank You. I receive the key to self- control in my life in Jesus name. Help me to keep myself in and not scatter myself all over the place. I want my life to be in good shape, not distorted and looking all beastly, untamed, savage and lacking self- rule or self- control. Please help me to mature completely with the key of self- control in Jesus name. Amen.
Live everyday!
Anastasia Bruce
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