Foolish Talkers Part-1 (Eccl. 10:12)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/2/2013 8:31 AM

My Worship Time                                                                              Focus:  Foolish Talkers

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                 Reference:  Eccl. 10:12

            Message of the verses:  We will take a short moment to review where we are in this tenth chapter of Eccl. by quoting the following from Dr. Wiersbe:  ““Having laid down the principle, Solomon then applied it to four different ‘fools.’”  Today we are looking at the third type of foolish person.

            When we were studying the book of Proverbs we saw scattered throughout that book that Solomon had much to say about foolish talkers, of putting it another way the speech of the fools.  We will now look at four characteristics of the foolish persons words.

            The first one is that they are destructive words that these foolish people speak as seen in verse twelve:  “12 Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him.”  Proverbs 10:32 and also 25:11 speaks of the gracious words that the wise person speaks:  “32 The lips of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverted.  11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.”

             Let us look at what was predicted about the way that our Lord Jesus Christ would speak from the prophet Isaiah and chapter fifty, verse four: “The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.”  I don’t suppose that I have ever thought about this, but I should have been thinking about the words of the Lord Jesus Christ and how they were kind to those who were in need of kindness and yet they were spoken in anger to those who deserved His anger.  This is in contrast to the foolish persons words as they speak out whatever is on their mind not caring if they hurt someone or not.  The NIV translation says “a fool is consumed by his own lips” in Eccl. 10:12.

            James has a lot to say about the destructive power of the tongue in James 3:5-8 “5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race. 8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.”  Yes the Bible has a lot to say about the tongue and the words that it forms both good and bad.

            We will continue to look at this subject in the next SD.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  Watching what I say has to be a top priority in my life, for there are times when I don’t say the right and healing things that I should.

My Steps of Faith for Today:  Speak kind words.

Answer to yesterday’s Bible Question:  “Alexandria” (Acts 18:24).

Today’s Bible question:  “Who called down fire from heaven to consume his enemies?”

Answer in tomorrow’s SD.

6/2/2013 9:09 AM