Saturday 26 Feb 2022

February 26: Psalm 141:1-4

Key Verse: Psalm 141:1
I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.

Devotion:
Have you ever had an open fire in your house? Did you do the right thing and put a wire guard in front of it to make sure the popping embers did not set your house on fire? Well, just like an open fire with the wood popping and embers jumping out making a mess, our mouths will make a mess of just about any situation if they are not guarded!

We may think we have to have an open mouth to make sure God will hear us – we may think we have to shout out our prayers from the roof-tops just to ensure God hears us… Well, the greatest thing is God will hear us even if we whisper our prayers from our hearts. We don’t have to make sure we have the best sound system to get the message across – we just have to give people the truth…

A few days ago we talked about the mess we can get ourselves into by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time; this is what we need help with and we should be asking God to help us on that front. If we ask Him for the guidance, and we listen to that guidance, we will come out with some good things to say and we will not be berating our fellow Christians – or anyone else for that matter!

We also have to make sure we are not drawn in by the ‘too good to be true’ stories which lead us away from God and His ways. If we can stick close to God and make sure we have space for Him to live with us in our lives, we are going to make a whole lot less mess than if we rush off with the crowd. Having an open fire without a guard is like having a ‘too good to be true’ story as our goal instead of having God as our leader.

Points to Ponder:
How easy is it for you to rush off and say things you shouldn’t?

Will you allow God to be your guide and your guard as well as your God?