READ:
EXODUS 4:10-12
“Also I heard the
voice of the Lord saying: ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’” (Isaiah 6:8).
Throughout the ages, God has been looking for people he can send. He is looking for someone who can be his spoke person, his voice. God found such a person in Moses. Form our reading, we find, surprisingly, that God chose a stammerer. Why did he not choose an orator? God wanted someone who is slow of speech, because he wanted to keep his secrets secret. He wanted someone who could keep his mouth shut until God allowed him to speak.
“Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.” (Psalm 141:3).
To be God’s spokesperson is a great responsibility. He may reveal certain things to you which you are not permitted to disclose even to your spouse, for the next ten or more years. He may reveal the private life of some people, even your leaders, to you and expect you to manage such information with discretion and discipline.
Hence, to become God’s spokesperson, you must readily surrender your tongue to him. You must be: “Swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” If you have no control over your tongue, you will reveal your secrets to your enemies before you even realise it, like Samson. Can God entrust you with his secrets?
If you want God to speak continually through your vocal cords, then you must consecrate your tongue to him. Let it be set apart from speaking lies, abuses, backbiting, flattery, immoral words and careless words. “Be clean, you who bear the vessels of the LORD” Engage your tongue in preaching God’s Word regularly. Let it be used in praising and worshipping God. Pray in tongues frequently. Use your tongue to bless and deliberately determine when to speak.
You can be God’s spokesperson from today on. Set yourself apart from the wrong crowd and yield your tongue to God henceforth. God will fill it with his voice.
Throughout the ages, God has been looking for people he can send. He is looking for someone who can be his spoke person, his voice. God found such a person in Moses. Form our reading, we find, surprisingly, that God chose a stammerer. Why did he not choose an orator? God wanted someone who is slow of speech, because he wanted to keep his secrets secret. He wanted someone who could keep his mouth shut until God allowed him to speak.
“Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.” (Psalm 141:3).
To be God’s spokesperson is a great responsibility. He may reveal certain things to you which you are not permitted to disclose even to your spouse, for the next ten or more years. He may reveal the private life of some people, even your leaders, to you and expect you to manage such information with discretion and discipline.
Hence, to become God’s spokesperson, you must readily surrender your tongue to him. You must be: “Swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” If you have no control over your tongue, you will reveal your secrets to your enemies before you even realise it, like Samson. Can God entrust you with his secrets?
If you want God to speak continually through your vocal cords, then you must consecrate your tongue to him. Let it be set apart from speaking lies, abuses, backbiting, flattery, immoral words and careless words. “Be clean, you who bear the vessels of the LORD” Engage your tongue in preaching God’s Word regularly. Let it be used in praising and worshipping God. Pray in tongues frequently. Use your tongue to bless and deliberately determine when to speak.
You can be God’s spokesperson from today on. Set yourself apart from the wrong crowd and yield your tongue to God henceforth. God will fill it with his voice.
MEMORIZE:
PSALM 141:3 –Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my
lips.
