January 14
2019
My Heart and My Mouth
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14
What is in our heart comes out of our mouth.
What comes out of our mouth lifts up or destroys.
Words have power.
Words hurt or heal.
Our words come from what sits within us.
We can mask or control what sits within us for a certain amount of time, but when the fatigue and frustration hit, what sits within us comes out of our mouth.
The Psalmist lifts both the words of his mouth and the meditation of his heart up to the Lord.
How do we assure these 2 things are acceptable in the sign of the Lord?
1) Get in the Word – the Word of God, stored in your heart, will come out when fatigue and frustration hit.
2) Know who you are in Christ. When your identity is wrapped up in Him and not in what ow who is going on around you, what you tell yourself and how you respond to others will change.
3) Seek the Lord. When you chase after Him, rather than the things the world has to offer you will be able to clearly see what is important and what is less important, leading to fewer unnecessary frustrations in the run of a day.
Let our cry be today,
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.”