Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to
curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!”
He
answered, “Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?” Numbers 23:11-12
Balaam was
a prophet and a prophet’s job was to only say what God told him to say. Does that include us also? It’s a good principle to speak only what God
lays on your heart. God is the best
filter to run through the words from your mind leading to your mouth.
That
filter would include a number of questions:
·
Does it
bless/encourage someone?
·
If it rebukes, is that
from God or my flesh?
·
Is it true or a
lie/hearsay?
·
Does it express
unconditional love?
·
Does it glorify God?
So filter those thoughts through
God and watch your speech change drastically.