Fear-what are you afraid of? #9

 

The ole saying sticks and stones break my bones but words will never hurt me is a big lie! Matter of fact they can beat us down so bad that we can get to a place where we fear what people will say about us! I have gotten to a point in life that what people say don't bother me but what God says sure does! Look what God says about hearing words from others:

Psalm 64 


   Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
    preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
    who aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see them?”
6     They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
    For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7 But God shoots his arrow at them;
    they are wounded suddenly.
8 They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them;
    all who see them will wag their heads.
9 Then all mankind fears;
    they tell what God has brought about
    and ponder what he has done.

10 Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord
    and take refuge in him!
Let all the upright in heart exult!

Isaiah 51:7-8


7 “Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
    the people in whose heart is my law;
fear not the reproach of man,
    nor be dismayed at their revilings.
8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
    and the worm will eat them like wool;
but my righteousness will be forever,
    and my salvation to all generations.”

 That word revilings means speak abusively. God is very clear about the mouths of those who abuse His children...HE will take care of them! That is all we need to know folks! God is in control. Look what James says about the tongue:

James 3:5-12

5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by heck. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,[c] these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

The only way a mouth can be tamed is to be in Jesus and allow the Holy Spirit to give us the power to do so!

So let us give our mouths to God and speak life in to people! When others need to speak against us, let God handle it, He said He will! Also remember Jesus said we will face persecution when living for Him, so if you are getting verbal abuse for your walk with Jesus count it as joy...that what Paul and others did! It is a sign you are living right!

Don't fear talk, fear God!

Tom