I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin;
I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked.” Psalms 39:1
If the eyes are the gateway to the soul, then the tongue is the evidence of the heart! I have struggled with controlling my tongue for most of my life, so this beginning of Psalm 39 hits home. Even when I've been prepared to be quiet, I've often failed!
Charles Spurgeon writes, "He who keeps his tongue can keep all the rest of his body. The tongue is the helm of the ship and if that is well managed, the ship will be steered aright. How many sins of the tongue there are — proud words, false words, trifling words, unclean words! I cannot mention the whole list. The tongue is the best thing in the world or the worst thing, according to how it is used.
"Ah, me! How often we do wrong even when we try to do right! He tried not to sin with his tongue, so he was silent, but silence, itself, may be a sin of the tongue! God forgive our idle silence and silence our idle words! I do not think we often sin this way, but silence may sometimes be more wicked than speech even though at other times, speech is silver and silence is golden. "
Join me in reading Psalm 39 and be encouraged!
