“Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.”
(Ecc. 5:2)
Some years ago I was visiting a church with my wife. At the end of the service the pastor called on me to close the service in prayer. While taking a few seconds collecting my thoughts, the pastor once again said, a little louder, “Brother Sandlin, will you please close out this service in prayer,” thinking I did not hear him the first time.
How prone most are to rush into His presence with rash prayers! In spite of the wise man’s inspired admonition concerning the subject. Who, in his or her right mind, would speak impulsively and extemporaneously in the audience of a king? Hosea tells us when we come to the Lord we are to, “Take with you words.”
We need to give thought to what we are going to discuss with the Lord in prayer. Job tells us, “How forcible are right words.” This is particularly true when praying. Most certainly they are to be words from our heart, nevertheless thoughtful words. God is called, “The Word,” He is the original Wordsmith; He wrote a Book of Words!
“Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? (Job 11:2)
“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” (Matt. 12:37)
No comments:
Post a Comment