Speaking An Appropriate Word

-January 17, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.”

(Proverbs 25:11).

How many times do we think afterwards what we could have said or should have said? Words are powerful, comforting, encouraging, and uplifting. But they can also be disturbing, discouraging, and destructive. It is not so much how much we say but what we say that counts. In other words, quality trumps quantity.

In speaking for the Lord is is essential to speak from the heart, from experience, and from need. We all know what it is like to hear an appropriate word at an appropriate time. We should be sensitive to what we say and how we say it. We do not want to offend but commend; not to tear down but to build up; not to be negative but to be positive.

The more we read, meditate on, and study the Word of God, the more likely we are to speak a blessed word in season. Let us choose our words carefully in order to be a blessing. Paul wrote, “Therefore, putting away lying, ‘let each of you speak truth with his neighbor,’ for we are members of one another” (Ephesians 4:25). He also said in Ephesians 4:29, “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.“

Jesus, the best communicator and teacher of all time said, “But I say to you that every idle word men may speak, they will give an account in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:36-37). It is sobering to think: we can’t take back our words once we say them. Often it is best not to say anything unless it is instructive or constructive.

Have a blessed day with the right use of the tongue. Stay safe and healthy.

Words that are spoken should be always be golden,

Dean