Text: James 3
Last week, we looked at the declarations of change. Jesus rebuked a fever, and it left. He healed a lame man by commanding him to rise up and walk.
We also saw in Genesis how God created light, and it continues to this day. The same held true for the land, plants, and water.
Today, we're looking at declarations of direction. Why is it so much easier to declare things to go in the wrong direction? "Oh, I know I'm going to get the flu. You know bad things happen in threes." Who said so? Not God. Man makes up these sayings, and we follow them.
In James 3:1-12, he compares the tongue to the rudder on a ship or a bit in a horse's mouth. They're small but can move something much bigger. The direction of our lives is set by our tongues. We set our direction. No one else can tame our tongues, but we can control them.
The things we expect we talk about. I'm leaving early, so I can stop at the Post Office. We're setting our direction.
When our words are controlled by the Word in us, there is: peace, wisdom, and understanding. If not, we see: bitterness, envy, self seeking, confusion, and every evil thing.
Our words are shaped by what we seek. If we seek after God, our words will be shaped by Him.
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