What is Your Mouth Saying About You?

There's an old song form the 60s called You Talk Too Much. The lyrics begin with:

 You talk too much
You worry me to death
You talk too much
You even worry my pet

You just talk
Talk too much

 

 Ever know someone like that?

 

Keeping our mouth closed when we think we know something that maybe no one knows can sometimes be hard. There is an urge to tell you, because I wanted you to think I was discerning, perceptive and, well, just plain smart.

 

There are times when God asks us NOT to talk.

 

      Joshua 6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any       noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

      Matthew 16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the   Christ.

 

In Joshua, because they were faithful to be quiet until they were told to shout, victory came. I wonder how many victories are lost, because we opened out mouth too soon. When we just had to tell someone what God told us, a spiritual miscarriage happens in the heavenlies.

 

That sacred thing God deposited in your heart is now common. It will have to be purged of its commonality and refined by fire to be used by Him. All the while we are wondering what is taking God is so long.

Perhaps we can move more quickly into God's perfect will for us.