Whatcha say?

There is one thing that I really want to share with you tonight that I believe you can take to heart and run with it. The scripture comes from the book of Matthew. I know that the National Championship game is on tonight so I won't try to make this post very long. Who know how God will work though. I have said that before and I've had super long posts.

Words 

The first topic I want to touch base on is your words and how what you say reflects your heart. This scripture really jumped out to me because I know that sometimes it's easy to say things that you shouldn't when you are around your friends. This topic is also important to me because I think it is something that I have gotten a lot better at. This all kind of relates to me guarding my heart. It's tough sometimes when you are a little more spiritual than your friends. Sometimes that can make you feel like you are on an island. (I'll talk about this more in another post) Which isn't bad. I think being on an island because of where you are at spiritually doesn't sound too bad. With guarding my heart, comes me watching what I say. Sure, I say things that I probably shouldn't say all the time but more than ever, I feel God's presence keeping me from saying things that I shouldn't. Confession time, in our game Saturday, I missed a shot and said a word that I should not have said, so if you were sitting close enough to hear that, my bad. It's a really cool feeling to know that the Spirit's presence is so real and so active. There has been so many instances as of late where I was about to say something and I was able to stop. This is something that I need to work on everyday and you probably should too.

Matthew 12:33-37: "Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoke. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned." 

Now there are some parts in that passage that really stick out to me. Mainly the end of verse 34 which says; "For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." Now when I read that, I felt convicted. I immediately thought of all of the conversations I had today and how many of them I wasn't proud of. It's so convicting. It's tough to think that what you speak comes straight from the heart. This really motivates me to have loving conversations that give God the glory and ones that would make Him smile. Verse 36 sticks out to me as well. "But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken." Knowing that, there are some things that I don't want to tell God that I said. Saying that, I hope that this reminds you that words are important and what you say correlates directly to what is in your heart. Guard your heart my friends. I also challenge you. I challenge you to have conversations that are full of love and positivity. Do the conversations you have glorify God?