Are you under the dictatorship of your mouth? (Part 1).
• Pro 16:26 -> “He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.”.
See these excerpts of the Holy Scripture:
• Psa 38:8-10,15,21,22 -> “I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.”
• Psa 138:6-8 -> “Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.”.
I don’t know what happened to the psalmist so that he arrived at this situation. However, one thing I have for sure: most of the times we go through this in reason of our desires (James 4:1-3). So, let’s analyze item by item under this point of view:
• I am feeble and sore broken -> the sin makes us feel terrible and the worst is that the sorrow of the world works death (2Cor 7:10);
• I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart -> and to worsen the things, our desires fill us of anxiety, wrath, dejection, affliction, hatred, etc.;
• Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee -> The Creator is seeing what we are undergoing. But, what about us? Are we really conscious of our necessities? Many times, we are so accustomed to the suffering that we consider this something normal (see Hosea 10:11), while, indeed, the suffering is a way of the Creator warning us that something is going bad;
• My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me -> many times, our desires is so intense that they blind us, abetting us to pass on people’s right and, with this, guiding us to hate and be hated (Titus 3:3). And who hate his brother is in darkness (1John 2:9-11);
• For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God -> Certainly the Creator hears. The problem is: are we really with alacrity to hear Him? What are you hoping of the Creator? The concretization of your wishes or His good, perfect and delightful will (Rom 12:2)?
• Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me -> The Creator never forsakes us. He is Emmanuel. See the case of Adam. He went to meet Adam after he sinning. It was Adam that hid from the Creator (Gen 3:10);
So have a good day pondering on this. Tomorrow we will continue.
• Pro 16:26 -> “He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.”.
See these excerpts of the Holy Scripture:
• Psa 38:8-10,15,21,22 -> “I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.”
• Psa 138:6-8 -> “Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.”.
I don’t know what happened to the psalmist so that he arrived at this situation. However, one thing I have for sure: most of the times we go through this in reason of our desires (James 4:1-3). So, let’s analyze item by item under this point of view:
• I am feeble and sore broken -> the sin makes us feel terrible and the worst is that the sorrow of the world works death (2Cor 7:10);
• I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart -> and to worsen the things, our desires fill us of anxiety, wrath, dejection, affliction, hatred, etc.;
• Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee -> The Creator is seeing what we are undergoing. But, what about us? Are we really conscious of our necessities? Many times, we are so accustomed to the suffering that we consider this something normal (see Hosea 10:11), while, indeed, the suffering is a way of the Creator warning us that something is going bad;
• My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me -> many times, our desires is so intense that they blind us, abetting us to pass on people’s right and, with this, guiding us to hate and be hated (Titus 3:3). And who hate his brother is in darkness (1John 2:9-11);
• For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God -> Certainly the Creator hears. The problem is: are we really with alacrity to hear Him? What are you hoping of the Creator? The concretization of your wishes or His good, perfect and delightful will (Rom 12:2)?
• Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me -> The Creator never forsakes us. He is Emmanuel. See the case of Adam. He went to meet Adam after he sinning. It was Adam that hid from the Creator (Gen 3:10);
So have a good day pondering on this. Tomorrow we will continue.