What Spills Out?

April 26

Some of us vacillate betwixt and between. We have a hard time making up our minds about anything. Nobody likes to shop with people like that. Husbands in particular avoid shopping with their wives if they know they will be led about from store to store without a definitive goal or a conclusion to the adventure.

Some of us carry our propensity to avoid taking a position into our professional lives. If you have ever had to work with or for someone like that, you know it is virtually impossible to carry your own part of a task to a viable conclusion because you’re never sure exactly what your part is!

In the spiritual realm, we may evidence the same character flaw. We affirm that we believe in Jesus and we go through the motions of attending church and taking communion and orienting our friendships around those of like precious faith, but one area can be quite telling regarding the depth of our commitment. We profess to love the Lord with all our hearts but when we are in the work-a-day world, we sound just like those around us who do not own Jesus as Savior.

The Bible says in James 3:10, “Out of the same mouth proceed blessings and cursings; my brothers, these things ought not to be.” Our words should steadfastly evidence our faith in Jesus. If our tongue has confessed Jesus as Lord, our conversation should be ordered aright in every situation that we may find ourselves. It has been said that what spills out of us when we're jolted is what is in us. When words tumble from our lips, what do they testify to being in our hearts?