James 3:5 “Likewise the tongue is small but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.”
Oh my Sweet Lord, the enemy is afoot! We get in a situation in our lives that unless brought to a quick godly conclusion will cause a big rift. Oh Lord, one word spoken before thought and prayer is like a spark in a very dry forest and so quickly can bring devastation that cannot ever be fully repaired.
When we come across a situation with especially someone we love who has been deeply hurt by another, we are so quick to want justice done. We want the perpetrator to be punished severely for what they have done. In our flesh we start building up a camp around us of folks that will think like us. We start “spreading the news” of what the person has done, or is doing, to our loved one. I guess we do this in some bizarre hope that the more we let others know, the faster Your judgment will fall on them.
Truth is, Lord, that if the person is an unbeliever they already fall under condemnation for all eternity and You do not need our “help” in passing judgment. If the offender is one of Your children, You have given us strict guidelines in how to deal with it and it does not include “mass broadcasting”.
Lord, You helped me to understand that all of this nasty evil stems from us saying to ourselves, “I don’t (they don’t) deserve to be treated this way!” You also showed me in Your Word that the judgment I wanted to fall on the “hurter” would fall on me! Lord, You know that I have been guilty of this in the past and You know too, how in love, You had to break me it. It hurt, Lord! Your loving discipline was very painful at the time, but now how I thank You!
Help me always to remember before I speak:
Is it true?
Is it kind?
Is it necessary?
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