Daily Huddle - Mon Oct 14, 2019 Desitin

Love you all, praying for you. 
 
If you have little ones, you change diapers.  And with the Pampers – you will soon need some cream.  Their little bottoms just get sore, and it’s not comfortable.  But there is something worse than that.  It’s the rash of the tongue…  Proverbs 13:3 - He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.  God reminding me how easy it is, to develop a rash – of the tongue.  A habit of speaking rashly – thoughtlessly, needlessly, ill-advisedly, without thinking, rushing head-long, speaking without due deliberation.  Some say "think before you speak", but most people think and then they speak.  It’s not that they speak without thinking, they speak whatever they think - without waiting.   That’s how they develop that rash of the tongue.  God gives a warning – if you get that rash – you will be ruined.  The word used is mchittah <mekh-it-taw’>  which comes from the word chathah <khaw-thaw’> to pick up fire.  (Sounds like diaper rash)   Fire consumes, that word means dissolution, (to dissolve - the separation of the parts of a body which are naturally united). It means ruin (destruction, overthrow, defeat, as the ruin of a house) to be destroyed, utterly defeated – so that it no longer exists.  That’s a warning.  Those who speak hastily, without due deliberation – come to ruin – disunity – everything falls apart.  I always thought as a child, that if you speak rashly to someone – you might run into someone bigger than you and get punched in the nose.  But speaking rashly doesn’t just apply to others – it even applies to yourself.  What you say - to yourself – you begin to think in your heart.  And as a man thinketh in his heart so is he.  You will truly get what you say.  What you say you will believe, and what you believe you will see.  Belief produces something, the blessing of God, or the curse of sin.  So God says guard your lips – and you’ll guard your life.  There are two best ways to guard your lips.  The first is to Engage Them.  Just like idle hands get into trouble, so do idle lips.  But if you employ your lips in praise, truth, and love – they will be active for good!  And then to speak rashly – they would have to first be unemployed from good, and then employed for evil - much harder to do.  Don’t worry about doing something wrong – if you are busy doing what God told you to do.  PiVAT before dinner has you finishing all of God's plans for you for today, and receiving His plans for you for tomorrow.  PRISM out loud will activate your lips in transforming your mind.  The principle of employing your lips for good – will prevent that rash of the tongue – which leads to ruin.  It’s just like the best weed prevention is thick grass.  Use your lips for good – Praise, Truth, and love – always build up - and you will be far less likely to speak rashly.  The second way to guard your tongue is equally important.  Don’t think and say – think and wait.  Don’t just think before you speak, Think and Don’t Speak!  You don’t have to say anything yet…  Don’t speak the moment you think… wait on the LORD.  Don’t even speak after deliberation – only speak with permission.  Let the Holy Spirit control your lips, and you will always speak Praise, Truth, and Love.   Sometimes it’s good to honestly ask yourself – or better yet, ask God…  "Am I starting to develop that rash of the tongue?"  Praying that you will guard your lips and guard your life – that you will engage your lips in good, and that you would speak not with deliberation, but with permission led of the Holy Spirit - that He would guard your lips.  Praying for you that you will receive wisdom from God for not only what to speak but when to speak - so your lips will never cause ruin, but always build up - both yourself and your family – and everyone that God sends to you.  Praying that your lips will always bring life!  That you would always praise – and your first reaction to whatever you think - would be wait, not speak.  God will tell you when and what – and your lips will always Speak Life.  You won't come to ruin, you will build blessing. 
 
Love you all,
dad