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Job 15; Acts 19; Acts 20
You
Are Nothing
But A Windbag
Scripture
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 “A wise man wouldn’t answer with such empty talk!
You are nothing but a windbag.
Observation
With
friends like Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite,
and Zophar the Naamathite, poor Job didn’t need any enemies. As I read
Job I find that his friends with all of their advice where no help to Job at
all. They only added to his misery.
Words
are so powerful. We speak words of healing or we speak words that stab like a
sword. As I read Job 15 this morning I was reminded of my memory verse that I
learned this week. Proverbs 12:18 “Careless words stab like a sword, but wise
words bring healing.”
You
and I have the opportunity to speak words that bring healing to someone’s life
or we can also speak into their lives reckless, careless words that stab like a
sword. It is our choice.
Who
is the person close to your sword that is most likely to get stabbed first:
your spouse, your children, your extended family, and then probably everyone
else.
Application
I
will be careful and try to speak wise words that bring healing to those close
to me this week. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me to speak words that are wise and
words that bring healing instead of words that are careless and that stab like
a sword. Guard my mouth. Guard my heart. Don’t let me hurt those around me with
what comes out of my mouth.
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