Consequences & Reprocussions BY: KB 11.8.16

I have been debating on whether or not to write this piece and at some point during my devotions and prayer time the word yes popped into my spirit.

Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

1 Peter 3:10 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

James 5:3-8     5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

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.

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Well what does all these scriptures mean? It means that we need to have a better system of checks and balances for what we say. It means that monitoring the integrity of your word is a necessity. It means that when you speak, especially when you speak of God you need to be quite sure of the message you give.

I am prompted to write this because I recently had the experience of an overshare….that’s when you or someone gives TMI (too much information) in this instance it was me. Someone had asked about my previous relationship and I shared, heck my life is an open book so I had no qualms about sharing the story because it was actually a testimony (that’s why my life is an open book.) Well the person I shared the story with had a judgment for my story and proceeded to speak on what they would have done and what they would or wouldn’t have allowed. My first thought was to GO THERE – I didn’t ask you what you thought, you asked me a question and whatever I shared is past history so hindsight will always be 20/20….but grace prevailed and I held my tongue and simply explained that not all things are for all people to understand and my experiences will never line up with this persons experiences because we are two different people from two different backgrounds.

Now, I could have used the opportunity to share my experiences with God and how He brought me through the story that I had shared with her but she wasn’t interested in what I had to say…she was curious because she wanted to contrast, compare and judge.

 

 It is important to know and recognize spirits; failure to recognize a spirit can lead to some serious consequences