It's difficult to comprehend the influence that our language and behaviors ultimately have on others and ourselves. To accept that every word spoken has some lasting positive or negative affect is an awesome responsibility to shoulder. Is it correct to say we haven’t given much time to reflect on this truth?
Listen to the words of Jesus from Matthew 12: “For out of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, while the evil man brings out the evil stored up in him. But I tell you this: you will give an account on the Day of Judgement for every careless, thoughtless word you have spoken."
Here’s the Good News. You store up good in your heart by permitting Jesus to transform you into a person with a clean heart. This builds a bridge to a clear conscience for standing before God, whom you will face in eternity. What better objective is there than the desire to possess a clean heart?
The goal of this instruction is love that flows from a pure
heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith.
~1 Timothy 1:5 International Standard Version
____________
Subscribe to the Attitudes Answers podcast on your favorite podcast platform to hear this and other 2-minute features 3 days every week.
No comments:
Post a Comment