T3

Last nights Bible Study went really well, and I felt as though God put me there for a specific reason.  I know that I am a very blunt, opinionated, and loud person; I don't need to be told.  However, I do know that I can be very offensive and sometimes talk too much.  God has really laid it on my heart to T3 AKA, Tame The Tongue.  God says some really strong words in the Bible about taming your tongue and how it is one of the most crucial parts of your body:

"When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.  Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.  Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.  Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.  The tongue is also a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.  It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell." -James 3:3-6

Clearly stated above, God wants us to watch what we say.  What may not seem hurtful or judgmental to you may in fact be very hurtful and judgmental to someone else.  As everyone knows and can obviously figured out, our world is WAY different from how it used to be when the Bible was written; yet, we still use every concept of the Bible to this day.  Even though there is nothing in the Bible about lashing out on Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, etc. it all still means the same thing.  The internet has become to way to communicate, but unlike a conversation between to people, almost everything on here is for the world to see and the world to judge.  We "Christians" tend to be the worst at saying hurtful things and being judgmental of others before we even know anything about the person or issue, and that is the main thing that affects our mission.  We are supposed to be different, but different in a way that makes people say, "I want to be just like that".  I know plenty of fellow Christians that fall short of this, and make people believe they are a certain way and then turn around and do un-Christian-like things; and I am one of them sometimes.


So, God is really laying on my heart to watch what I say.  I tend to be more blunt and honest with the people I love, and I usually hurt their feelings without meaning to, and I'm going to change that.  There are some people that I feel as though need to be told about themselves, but in all honestly that is not my place to do, it's God's.  God will handle them one day!  It may take a few days or even a few years but He knows how to deal with it, and we shouldn't be the ones stepping in His way.


Lastly, you should know that when you sin against God you're not only hurting yourself, but you're hurting people around you.  When you proclaim that you are a Christian and that you live for God, there are things that you need to watch yourself on because lost people are watching you!  They don't know what "living a Godly life" means, so they watch you to find out.  This includes taming your tongue and watching what you say to and about others.  Gossip is an ugly thing and it's an ugly trait to have, and people don't like it.  But most importantly God doesn't like it.  He loves everyone in this world just as equal as yourself, so there is no reason to undermine another person.


I know I'm not the only person out there that has a problem with T3, but my hope is that if you're reading this and you have the same problem that maybe God is speaking to you as well.  Listen to what He has to say, and be obedient to Him because that is what we are put on this Earth to do.