Day 37 with David - Your “mic” is always on

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭19:14‬ NKJV

Hot mic moments, it’s the stuff nightmares are made of. What are we referencing here? Someone, wearing a microphone —either thinking that it has been turned off or forgetting they have it on—says something they never wanted people, other than the listener, to hear. Here are some examples:

A former President of the United States while still in office, was making some negotiations with a Russian official. He, thinking his mic was turned off, whispers this to the Russian official:

"This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility." The Russian official responded, "I understand. I will transmit this information to [another Russian official]," who will retake the presidency in May.” But for a corrupt media, this would have torpedoed his chances of winning re-election.

Then there’s this:

A high-level member of the English monarchy, while doing a photo op with the press (in hopes of swaying public opinion toward something he was about to do), turned to his sons and whispered this:

"I hate doing this...I hate these people." Needless to say, this overheard sentiment did not improve his rapport with the press!

I’ll offer just one more:

A civil rights icon was being interviewed about something. During downtime of the interview, forgetting he is still wearing a mic, he turns to the other person being interviewed and says,

"I’d like to cut the [very personal body part] off [references a high level government leader] for talking down to black people." Oops!

Right about now, are you thinking how glad you are that something like this never happened to you? Well, consider this: every word we speak is being heard by the spirit world!

The world’s wisest man had this to say about the power of the words that come out of our mouth:

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭18:21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

What he is saying here is that your words are forming a world in which you will have to live; you will face the consequences of the words you have spoken.

Now, words are powerful, but to make sure we are only speaking what we should, we must start with an examination of our thoughts. After all, our words are the fruit of our thoughts. Consider what Jesus said to the Jewish leaders (enlarging upon the words of Solomon):

“Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.””

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭12:34-37‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

It’s tragic that so few people spend any time or effort toward allowing the Holy Spirit to help them “gird up” their thoughts. And, as unrighteous thoughts are allowed to flourish, they will produce fruit in your mouth (your words).

In our portion from Psalms today we see David asking the Lord to help him train his thoughts toward being acceptable to Him. Being a man after God’s heart, he wanted every aspect of his life to please God.

Let’s not be sloppy with our thoughts and our words. Rather, let us know and understand what David knew:

Your “mic” is always on.

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