MAR 13 

1 Peter 4:11
Memorise Colossians 4:6
“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt.”

It is not easy to order our life in the manner described in 1 Peter 4:11. Let’s look at what today’s passage has to say. We are told that he who speaks should speak as the oracles of God, meaning, we should speak as though it is God speaking through us, as if it is God who is making the declarations. It is a scary thought, isn’t it? How are we supposed to do that? Reading on we see that those who minister to others in God’s Word must do so with the ability that God gives him, not with his own abilities. Hence, from this we understand that though the responsibility that comes with speaking on God’s behalf is ominous and great, we are not left helpless as we know from the passage that God gives us the ability to do so. Nonetheless, we know from personal experience that we often fail God in this. We often say the wrong things that end up hurting rather than ministering or helping. They are hardly representative of what God wishes to say. We know our tongue when used in sin can do a lot of damage. James 3:5 tells us that the tongue is a little fire that can burn down great things. We can do a lot of damage with our tongues. Yet as believers, God has seen it fit to commit His Word to us. We should be humbled and encouraged that God would still consider us worthy to bear His Word to the world. Hence, we should then do what we can to be worthy of this privilege and do our part to control our speech. Ephesians 4:29 commands us not to allow any corrupt words to come out of our mouths, instead to speak what is good to the edifying of others. In Colossians 4:6 we are told to season our speech with salt, meaning that it should be pure, clean and holy.

Do you control your speech? Or do you speak freely, thinking that that is your right and privilege to do so? There is no such thing as free speech. One can either speak for God or one ends up speaking in sin and for Satan. Christ tells us in Matthew 12:36 that every idle word that men shall speak will be judged and he must one day give an account for. Hence, we should take great care for the words we speak. May we be faithful oracles of God.

Thought: Do you think before you speak?
Prayer: Father, guard my tongue and may I glorify You with it.