Being careful of what we say.
10/31/2021
Words that we use, are we using them in a way that other people can understand what we mean? Some times we do and others we don’t. I remember fifty years ago I used the phrase that some people understood and others said, “huh?” It was: See you Tuesday week. This meant that I would see you one week from Tuesday. It was a type of phrase that was used in my family and my class mates had never heard it, therefore they did not understand what I meant.
Nowadays, church people have joined the politicians as well as people of other “faiths”. Words are used to educate, confuse, show a sense of belonging, and to hide your true meaning. I know people are changing the meanings of words all the time. Remember when the word cool meant the temperature was not hot, then it meant that you were doing something that they really liked and now when I hear that word, I am not sure what it means. The following link gives other examples.
It quotes Abraham Lincoln and I like what it states: “How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”
As Christians we need to be very careful of the words we use, they could come back to harm your Christ-like reputation. We need to know what the Bible states and be able to understand it, with the ability of telling others what it means. If we are not careful to use the correct words the person you are witnessing to may get the wrong impression.
We should always ask God to help us daily in what we do as well as what we speak.
Lord help us be the witness that You want us to be so that we might win the lost for You. Give us strength and wisdom to do your work. Amen.
C.I. Wilson