James 3:6
6. And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity:
so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body,
and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
The Tongue is a fire. What does this mean? A fire
can destroy property; this means a tongue can ruin one financially so
they cannot afford to live where they are. A fire from the tongue gives
a devastation of reputation; that is; One that had high standing in
their community now destroyed by fire. The tongue can destroy like fire
the reputation of others. It can leave people with ashes or things in
their lives that cannot be repaired.Photos and personal belongings can
be destroyed in a fire. The Tongue like fire can destroy or stop people
from doing God's service in the community. What a tragedy that this is
happening from the most supposed mature Christians of today. Satan
wants to destroy peoples testimonies not only in churches but in the
community so that churches even believe the supposed wrongness that was
started by the fire of the tongue.
The Tongue is a World of iniquity. How big is the
tongue of iniquity. It is world size. It is a world size of darkness;
evil; immortality; injustice; unfairness and wickedness.
It defiles the whole body or it pollutes the whole
body. We have heard much about pollution in this expanding world. We
learn over the TV and News media, how we need to clean up pollution.
Yet there is not much said about cleaning up the defilement or the
pollution in our lives from the fire of the tongue. If we have a real
fire and there were chemicals near by; the air would stink. So do our
lives when we defile the whole body and others with our tongue.
It sets on fire the course of nature.> If we
were to leave things alone then in time things would take care of
themselves. But we think that we have the personal authority in our
lives just to take care of it. We have had serious situations in our
family that have come up in our lives, as a result I have had to take
the leadership and say 'give it time, the truth will come out' It
usually does. After taking no action and time had fixed the issue,
because I left it to God. I have then went back in thought and said to
myself. "If I had tried to fix the problem, it would have made it worse
or it would have taken longer to resolve. The tongue sets on fire the
course of nature or it is a block for the Holy Spirit to have His
intervention.
1John 2:11. My little children, these things write I unto
you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
So if we sin we have an advocate or a counselor to whom we can talk to,
He is, our Lord Jesus Christ the righteous. We can also safely say that
when others sin against us we have our righteous Lord Jesus Christ, the
one in whom we can cherish His counsel, because He is righteous.
Do we need to get counsel from our Lord Jesus Christ the righteous,
regarding our problems and His wisdom to guide our tongue. I think we
all do. So let us pray.
Father in Heaven, forgive us this day if we have used our tongue in an
unwise way that could have destroyed someone's life. I pray for that
person and that he or she will ask God for His wisdom and to guide them
in the way that would be pleasing to you. I also ask that you would
forgive me for saying things that I should not have said and ask that
you will teach me to ask of you what I should say before I speak. I
pray this in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ amen.
