How can you control something that the Bible says is uncontrollable? If the Bible says that something cannot be done, should we try to do it? I am thinking about the following verse in James 3:6-8 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. You are talking about a nasty little creature there. What can we do? Jeremiah 27:9 tells us, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" So we have a corrupt heart and a tongue that is set on fire by hell. How wonderful. What are we to do? Jesus responded to another situation with these words that I believe apply here too, And Jesus looking upon them ...
These are devotional, and other, thoughts from a guy who lived in Brazil from 1997 to 2023. I recount personal experiences and Bible applications with most of my posts. These "posts" are mostly for me but if you want to, you can read them too!