Pour out pure
The words we speak matter.
God tells us in His perfect Word, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit,” Proverbs 18:21.
One translation puts it this way, “The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.”
The Lord has been teaching me more and more lately the importance of holding my tongue, in fact, taking authority over it and putting it into submission to my spirit and to Holy Spirit at the helm. I am learning that silence or waiting to speak are far better than speaking out when my heart is not right or I am bombarded with doubt.
The Lord is very clear about the weight our words hold, that they determine what fruit we will produce in this life and the effect we have on ourselves and others. Our words have the power to bless or curse ourselves and others, so let’s avoid gossip like the plague it is and be devoted to only speak the truth in love.
Let’s speak the truth over ourselves, over people and situations. And if the path is shrouded in mystery at the moment, the Word of God stands like a lighthouse and beacon in the pitch black night. Let’s speak His written Word out loud in faith.
This reality of our words is important especially in seasons of transition, of the unknown or of pain.
In transition, we need to guard our lips from speaking out the doubts and false accusations others may be communicating to us about our situation or that our own insecurities and fears bring up. As seasons of transition can be extremely confusing and can feel like the opposite of what you are waiting to step into, we need to be careful to align our words with what God has said. In clouded seasons of transition or waiting, sometimes the best thing we can do is just tell Him, “God, I don’t understand, this makes no sense, but I trust you. I will praise You in the unknown.”
It is far better to choose surrendered praise than to need understanding and end up aligning with doubt because we can’t make sense of it. Fiercely reject alignment with doubt and unbelief (whether it’s been spoken over you or crept in from your own heart) by not agreeing with it.
We want to walk into the promise having believed in quiet sometimes silent trust, aligned with Jesus, the One Who knows it all.
Still, there is a space alone with Him that we need to pour out. Pour out pure and be real before Pure, before Someone Who is genuine and real.
Truly, we pour out our pain before Jesus. There is no safer place.
He alone can understand the depths and acute frustration you feel inside.
Yet, in seasons of pain, we must guard our lips against complaining against God. A lot of what we say against Him is based on hindered vision or no vision at all because, let’s be real, pain can blind us. As tears cloud the eyes and anger drives the mind to rage, as depression numbs us and offenses or injustice make us want to self protect, so pain distorts our view sometimes of God in the thick of it. Even still, unaddressed pain is even worse, as this blur can become total blindness, this wound a stumbling block or a tower of offense that imprisons us for life.
Rather than complain against God in our pain and hurt, pour out your genuinely broken and raw anger before Him; He knows it all already. So pour out your complaint before Him, and ask Him to give you vision in the valley. Your words of honest disappointment and grief over injustice will be met by Love, even if Love seems silent,
He will come.
I want to encourage you to be like the psalmist king, be real, be true, pour out your pure complaint before the Lord rather than against Him. And when you don’t see what He’s doing, let determined praise and quiet trust be the order of your day. You have a Helper, an Advocate, so let’s together say,
“Holy Spirit, be the Captain of this ship. You see all things and know the truth,
I trust You know the Way.”