“With
his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbour” (Proverbs 11:9).
Lord, this is straight talking – from Your holy Word. We need to hear
this kind of thing. It keeps us on the right track. It keeps us from
going off the rails. When, Lord, we’re tempted to speak words that will
hurt other people, help us remember Your Word to us: “The tongue is a
fire … With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men …
this ought not to be so” (James 3:6-10). Help us, Lord, to keep quiet –
or end up saying, I wish I had never said that – It’s better to ‘put a
zip on it’ than to ‘put our foot in it.’ When we have nothing good to
say, help us to say nothing at all.
By Your grace, Lord, You call us to be Your soldiers and servants. Help us not to be "fearful and fainthearted" (Deuteronomy 19:19). Help us to be "good soldiers of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3). When we hear your challenging question: "Who is on the Lord's side?", may we give our committed answer: "By Thy call of mercy, by Thy grace divine, we are on the Lord's side; Saviour, we are Thine."
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