Can I Keep My Mouth Shut and Wait Upon God??

Faith Filled Thoughts
October 17th, 2008
By Connie Ciccone
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Can I Keep My Mouth Shut and Wait Upon God??


Scripture: Psalms 39:1 "I will keep my mouth with a bridle."

In this Psalm David made a commitment to take heed of his actions and his words so that he wouldn't sin against God and told God of his awkward situation. While the wicked were there in the room before him, he tried to act dumb, hold his peace, and just remain quiet. But the longer he did this, the worse things got and finally sorrow began to stir inside of him. David said, "My heart was hot within me, and while I was musing, the fire burned." In other words he was saying, "The more I thought about it, the more it just burned me up!" Have you ever been there, and said that?

David finally reached the point that he responded and said,

"Then I spoke up with my tongue." The Message Bible says it a little plainer:

"The longer I kept silent the worse it got --

my insides got hotter and hotter,

My thoughts boiled over; and I spilled my guts.

"We often allow the actions and words of others to disturb us in this fashion until we reach the boiling point. In front of God and everybody, at the worst time, we just spill our guts. God's word says that if we can control our tongue, we can control our whole body. James 3:2 (Amplified) states, "For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if any one does not offend in speech -- never says the wrong things -- he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb (or bridle) his entire nature." If we want to control our whole body and curb our entire nature, there are three things that we must consciously do:

1) We must stop musing about the situation in an adverse way.

2) We must disallow our emotions to burn within us.

3) We must keep our mouth shut until God tells us how to respond.

May He Bless You and Keep You Today!

With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie