You Sound A Lot Like…

“Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God’s favor) to those who hear it.”

Ephesians 4:29 (Amplified)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imagine swimming in a sewage treatment plant!

Not very nice is it?

Wouldn’t it be much better to swim in pristine waters off a golden beach?

That would be refreshing, relaxing and enjoyable.

But

refreshing, relaxing and enjoyable are hardly the adjectives you would use to describe swimming in sewage!

We looked yesterday at the fact that our words can be poison or fruit; bringing death or life.

As ludicrous as it might sound to swim in a sewage plant, it is equally unbelievable that we would subject another person to that experience by speaking a ‘flood’ of toxic, venomous words to them.

Or, imagine someone creating that cesspool with their own tongue and then jumping in themselves!

Scripture is even more graphic in declaring that we will ‘eat the fruit’ our tongue creates.

Do my own words nourish me (and others) or are they like a slow poison?

As surely as swimming around in a sewage treatment plant would be hazardous to my health; so speaking life giving words would refresh, strengthen and build up my spirit.

I know this may not present a very pretty ‘picture’ today but the truth is, our words, even when we try to dress them up, can be very destructive.

The good news is they can also be very constructive.

My son has a very ‘corny’ sense of humor.

He got it from me.

Growing up and hearing me long enough began to rub off on him.

So it is with our words.

We sound a lot like those we hang out with?

Do your words reflect time spent with Jesus, or…