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Fragrant in Word, June 19
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words
thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Matthew 12:36, 37
.
As the prophet Isaiah beheld the glory of the Lord, he was amazed,
and overwhelmed with a sense of his own weakness and unworthiness,
he cried, “Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean
lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes
have seen the King, the Lord of hosts” (
Isaiah 6:5
).... Let every soul
who claims to be a son or a daughter of God examine himself in the light
of Heaven; let him consider the polluted lips that make him “undone.”
They are the medium of communication.... Then let them not be used
in bringing from the treasure of the heart words that will dishonor God
and discourage those around you, but use them for the praise and glory of
God, who has formed them for this purpose.... When the love of Jesus is
the theme of contemplation, the words coming from human lips will be
full of praise and thanksgiving to God and to the Lamb.
How many words are spoken in lightness and foolishness, in jesting
and joking! This would not be so did the followers of Christ realize the
truth of the words, “Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
account thereof in the day of judgment.” ...
The vision given to Isaiah represents the condition of God’s people
in the last days.... As they look by faith into the holy of holies, and see
the work of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, they perceive that they are
a people of unclean lips—a people whose lips have often spoken vanity
and whose talents have not been sanctified and employed to the glory of
God.... If they will humble their souls before God, there is hope for them.
The bow of promise is above the throne, and the work done for Isaiah will
be performed in them.
Be fragrant in your words. Remember that you are either a savor of
life unto life or of death unto death. Let us be as fragrant flowers. Let the
love of Christ pervade your lives. Let your words be such that they will
be as apples of gold in pictures of silver.
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