Merry Christmas!
What?
Why am I rushing the season?
Actually, I am not.
To wish you a holiday greeting at the wrong time of year
can certainly seem out of place.
James talks about some other things that seem out of
place.
Listen to his words:
“Can both fresh water and salt water flow from
the same spring?
My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives,
or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.”
James 3:11-12
What was his point?
We find it in the verses preceding the ones we just
read.
Listen to this:
“With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and
with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.
My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
James 3:9-10
Sure, it is out of place for me to wish you a Merry
Christmas in October but how much more out of place is it for me to worship the
Lord at one moment and in the next moment use that same tongue to backbite a
neighbor or curse out a co-worker.
God wants to do a work in each of us and that includes
sanctifying our tongues.
Some would measure it just by how many ‘cuss words’
you speak but Gods’ plans for our tongues is so much more than a tally of
inappropriate words or off-color jokes.
We can strengthen and build others up with our words
or we can tear them down.
Which do you choose today?
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