From Your Lips to God’s Ear

 

 “When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore:

“No one from this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 1:34-35

God hears us when we speak.

Sometimes we may think the only time He listens to us is when we pray.

But His eyes and His ears are open to us day and night.  

Do you remember your response when the job offer was not extended?

He heard that.

When your political ‘commentary’ was shared with the family, He heard that too!

Of course we all have the same twenty-four hours in a day and it is our choice how we use those seconds, minutes and hours to express ourselves.

Do we spend an overwhelming amount of that time complaining?

If we do, we must understand that the fruit of our lips will not be very sweet tasting to us, to others and especially to our Father in heaven.

Complaining is not pretty; as a matter of fact it is downright ugly.

Twelve spies went into the Promised Land.

What they saw set some, actually the majority, to complaining.

Only two, Joshua and Caleb expressed gratitude at the Promise the Land held for them.

Rather than complain, they expressed the faith that God was well able to give the land to them.

But complaining won the day – it is highly contagious after all.

Don’t let your day be ruled and ruined with a mouth full of complaints.

Choose instead to express gratitude even in the difficult moments.

“May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart

    be pleasing in your sight,

    Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

Psalm 19:14