Speech That Comes From Partaking

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. (Eze 3:1)

Wherever the source, the speaking that we mostly do is the sum total of our experience and understanding which reside in our heart (Matt 12:34). Every useless words uttered will be judged (Matt 12:36), i.e. words that doesn’t have the capacity to bear fruit. We can guard our mouth all we want but can anyone true lay claim to taming the tongue (Jam 3:8)?

The fruit of our lips depicts the reverence in relationship we have with the LORD (Prov 8:13). If we are not undone by the froward-ness of our speech, ask the LORD for a revelation of His Glory (Isa 6:5). This experience is by far the most lasting antidote to our idleness in speech. But there may be a cost of a permanent ‘scarring’ of our mouth by the coals from God’s altar that will no longer permit idle speech. The warning to us is that ‘a man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence’ (Pro 13:2). It is not a wonder that the first visible gift of the coming of the Holy Spirit is the speaking of tongues, hence walking after the Spirit (Rom 8:1) will bring about fruitfulness of speech.

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. (John 8:38)

Our Lord Himself only speaks that which is uttered in the Presence of His Father, hence no room for careless speech. The power of His utterance since ‘Let there be light’ (Gen 1:3) still resonates (Psa 19:4) and will continue to ring throughout creation and we who are destined as sons of glory (Heb 2:10) also inherit this privilege. We need to understand that ‘If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God’ (1 Pet 4:11). Ezekiel took in whole the scroll of the Bread of Life (John 6:48) and prophetic came forth. ‘So I prophesied….that they may live’ (Eze 37:7-9), have we partook of the same Daily Bread or we feast on other idle sources? Only our speech will tell.