Daily Reading // Job 27-28
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S // SCRIPTURE
Select a verse from today’s reading
Job 27:3-4 (NKJV) 3 As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, 4 My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
O // OBSERVATION
Why did this verse get your attention? Make a simple observation from the text
The mouth is a frequent offender. The New Testament book of James affirms the same thing. I make choices everyday about what will come out of my mouth. Is it good or evil? Is it truth or deceit?
Job reestablished his commitment to using the breath given to him by God to speak truth and to use his words for good, not evil.
A // APPLICATION
How can I apply this to my life today?
So much conflict is created by what is said. As I look around today I see that more clearly than ever.
In our Information Age we have technology to multiple words and to broadcast ideas and opinions more than ever. We should have realized it would also multiply offense and offending, lies and lying, manipulation and manipulating.
It is more important than ever to be watchful of the words I use because now they are magnified and their impact is multiplied.
There is an old Sunday School song and one of the verses is:
Oh be careful little mouth, what you say
Be careful little mouth, what you say
There’s a Father up above
Who is looking down in love
So be careful little mouth what you say
P // PRAYER
Express yourself in prayer
This is my prayer:
As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
Amen.
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