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Peter was quoting scripture written in
Psalm 34:12-14. It is a wise person who seeks the Lord…and keeps their tongue
and does good things. Solomon had good advice…Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of
trouble. Proverbs 21:23.
Staying out of trouble is a good plan. No one can
stand before God without being pure—sinless. The best “plan” begins with God’s
plan. God the Father in His wisdom allowed His Son, Jesus, to be the ultimate sacrifice
for the sins of mankind…for each of us throughout all of history. The key to
God’s plan is people involvement—seeking to get right with God. Building a
relationship with God. That relationship depends on repentance from sin and
accepting what Jesus did…dying on the cross. There is the beginning of a
relationship with God—in fact it makes a person part of God’s family. (Romans
8:15) Then a person can really enjoy life and see many happy days.
Just doing good and being good won’t build the relationship with God. There has
to be repentance, turning to God and allowing the blood of Jesus to wash away
the sin of the heart. Amazingly when a person becomes a child of God very often
the tongue becomes obedient. That will make eyes and the ears of the Lord
rejoice. That will make anyone enjoy life and see many happy days.
Is the face of the Lord turned towards you…His
eyes and ears open to you?
Prayer
~ Lord God, I come before You—humble and repentant. You are my Savior and
Redeemer. I am honored to be part of your family, God. Please guide my family,
friends and neighbors to seek You daily. Give us all the wisdom and grace to
control our tongues and to please you…that we would enjoy life and see many
happy days.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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