How to Tame the Tongue
“For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires. So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind; but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.” (James 3:2-8 WEB)
All of us stumble in many things. There’s no such believer that is always perfect in all his works.
Many times, our mistakes are in the words we speak.
Our spoken words release great power of death and life (Proverbs 18:20-21) and are able to influence our whole body, as well as the direction of our life—hence the picture of our tongue bridling the whole body.
Words spoken by our tongue sow seeds that produce a harvest.
A similar illustration is used by James when he says a small fire spreads to burn down a forest.
The default fleshly mode of our speech patterns is negative, which sows words of death that produce fruits of death in our lives.
This is an evil ploy from Hell (Gehenna), to program humans to speak words of death, resulting in more death being manifested in their lives.
The devil has been working hard at this, programming the language of death in our societal lingo.
For example, people like to say “I’m so sick of this”, “I’m dying to know”, “You scared me to death”, “I’m so dead”, etc.
Man’s tongue is not like animals that can be tamed by training, positive reinforcement, fear and punishment.
The tongue resists all these forms of behavior modification techniques and continues to speak evil.
Thankfully, God has given believers a gift to help us control our tongues to make us perfect and never stumble in words when we’re operating this gift.
This is the gift of praying in tongues.
See Acts 2:3-4 for the tongues of fire that rested upon each disciple on the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was first poured out—this is a picture of the gift of praying in tongues.
When you’re praying in tongues, you’re also releasing a fire, but not one that destroys the good things in your life.
Instead of burning down the forests (trees can be a picture of life) in your life, it burns away bondages, strongholds, anything impure that’s not from God and it also chases away spiritual enemies.
No wonder praying in the spirit (same as praying in tongues) is included in the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6) and is one of the two offensive pieces of that set of armor.
Instead of defiling your body and corrupting the course of your life, the gift of praying in tongues builds up your body, giving you beauty, strength, health and healing.
It also steers your life in the direction that God wants it to go—you’re offering perfect prayers and praise aligned with God’s will.
When you pray in tongues, you’re releasing the power of life to yourself and other people. At the same time, you’re also releasing the power of death to destroy your spiritual enemies and bondages.
Finally there is a way for the tongue to be tamed—not by man, but by the Holy Spirit!
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