I am not good at biting my tongue. If I have a thought I struggle to keep my mouth shut--good, bad or ugly! By the grace of God, He has grown me in this area...but much growth is left to be done!!
Today as I traveled in my mind's eye through the wilderness with the Magi who came from the East, a fresh wave on conviction struck me. These men, loaded down with much luggage and riding bumpy, smelly, slow camels traveled many miles through the wilderness with ONE pursuit: WORSHIP HIM! (Matthew 2:2) As I pondered their distance and the burden of such an undertaking, I was left with this question: to what extent am I willing to go to worship Him?
Am I willing to bite my tongue when I am bubbling with anger?
Am I willing to turn the other cheek when I have been offended?
Am I willing to be patient when impatience is itching under my skin?
Am I willing to die to self? to forgive and forget? to love the unlovely?
Not easy things to do, but neither is crossing the hot Persian wilderness in search of a Child you have never seen. But all is worth it, if the One you do it for is the Christ. If my one pursuit is to worship Him, then I, too, can do the hard thing and choose to offer it up in worship to my Jesus.
So today I am repenting and seeking to worship as I keep my mouth shut in bitterness and complaining and open it in rejoicing and praise!
1 comments:
Good word my friend! And so true. I myself find I grumble and complain. Thanks for the reminder from the Magi that we should turn that in to praise and worship to the King of kings and Lord of lords!
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