Flattering Lips

Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. Psalm 12

Help me Lord in my ungodly speech. How intricately laced is faithfulness to speech. It's so easy to speak idly, to go on and on about useless information, to waste time disclosing other's business. How simple it is to flatter someone without a genuine spirit. Often times flattery is manipulation just to get approval, attention and a nice reputation.

I want to be godly. I want to be set apart. I want my silence to become louder than my words.

A desperate cry rises up within my spirit pleading with God that He may help me in the area of speech. Aside from the obvious obscenities and inappropriate language there is so much purifying that I need. Truly no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

I pray May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things (Psalm 12). This may seem strange yet the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force. To be full of wisdom, a perfect man, who can tame the tongue and steer my spirit into righteousness, joy and love of Christ.

In the same Psalm, David reveals his revelation of the Lord's words, The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. The Lord will not relent. The Lord will not go back on His promises. When this generation boasts with the tongues, speaks with flattering lips and declares the pride of life surely the Lord shall preserve the righteous.

O that the Lord may give grace for speech. That He may unite my heart with His. I cannot become the keeper of my soul, no amount of striving or zeal can cleanse my lips. From the overflow of my heart does my mouth speak. Only the Spirit that searches the deep things of God can reveal my lack to me and strengthen feeble knees.

Flattering lips, idle speech, boastful tongue are just as offensive to the Lord. Humanity places degrees and levels of correctness. We think we've written the line in the sand, which is sin and which is not. That's the problem, Jesus is the Judge. Not my pastor, not my parents, not my mentor.

Only Jesus. It's only going to be His last say on that last day.