As we continue reading through the Old Testament it seems like a broken record... good king, evil king, evil king and more evil king. So sad. And yet once in awhile we again find a king that seeks to serve God. Of course, God could have forced circumstances in Israel and Judah, but everyone has a choice who they will see and how they will live. Unfortunately, as we see in these chapters in Kings, most chose to live apart from God.
Today I'd like to comment on thoughts from Psalm 64 and 64. I was really convicted afresh about the importance of words and how we use them. The Bible talks about the fact that our words can be like arrows, used to destroy. Many words are like bitter arrows. But the Bible says God will make the bitter words turn upon themselves and wound themselves..
In Matthew we are told, "Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." (Matt. 12:36,37)
I also found it interesting in Psalm 65, we find how all creation lives and acts according to God's will. All nature sings God's praises. It's only man that says "No." It's only man that does his own thing...
In Christ Object Lessons, I read: "The material world is under God's control. The laws of nature are obeyed by nature. Everything speaks and acts the will of the Creator. Cloud and sunshine, dew and rain, wind and storm, all are under the supervision of God, and yield implicit obedience to His command. It is in obedience to the law of God the spirit of the grain bursts through the ground, "First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn of the ear" (Mark 4:28). These the Lord develops in their proper season because they do not resist His working. And can it be that man, made in the image of God, endowed with reason and speech, shall alone be unappreciated of His gifts and disobedient to His will? Shall rational beings alone cause confusion in our world?" (Christ Object Lessons, p. 8,82)
Wow! May our tongue, but most importantly, our hearts, be surrendered to God's control! May we not waste idle words, but use our words for the building up of His kingdom! May we use our words to honor Him who gave us all that we need for salvation!
Tomorrow's Reading: 2 Kings 17-18 and 2 Cor. 7
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