The deceitful tongue

02/08/2020

Psalm 120
The deceitful tongue

The book of Psalms addresses all the feelings one could experience, challenges we might face and also offers guidance for serving the Lord. Let’s spend some time and discuss these over the next few days or weeks, depending on how the Lord leads us.

“Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.” (vers 2)

Are you facing criticism, insults and verbal abuse on a daily basis? Are you for peace, but when you speak, others are for war? (vers 7). It could be a husband, wife, brother or sister and even a parent or a colleague. Sometimes it might even be your “best” friend, or so you may think – referring to the “best” part.

The tongue is probably the most powerful weapon one can use and abuse. You can use your tongue to compliment and at the same time criticize. You can use your tongue to worship the Lord and at the same time insult someone. You can make or break someone with the words you speak over them (Prov 12 v 18).

May it be said about us, that our conversation is full of grace, seasoned with salt (Col 4 v 6), building up others (Eph 4 v 29), while speaking wisdom (Prov 31 v 26). Always set a guard over your mouth (Ps 141 v 3) and keep your tongue from evil (Ps 34 v 13) and remember it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of their mouth (Matt 15 v 11).

May our lips overflow with praise and our tongue sing of God’s word (Ps 119 v 171 – 172).