"Removing The Big Bite"

"Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD." (Psalms 58: 6) This might not make any sense whatsoever, but there are certain things that require taming, and the mouth is one of them. As with other functions of the body, such as going to the restroom, we do not just release whenever and where ever we might feel like, we need to hold it until we are actually in a place that it is allowable to release; so too is the controlling of our mouth, because it makes a bigger mess, and it causes much more embarrassment than voiding where ever you feel like. Surprisingly enough, most of our stupid things that we say, although we might not think much about them, they are carried way beyond the bounds of where we expected them to be carried; you really have no idea how far a simple word of gossip or speaking bad about others can be taken; or how exaggerated the story can become. As I was praying about this post last night, I was reminded of my own stupidity of speaking bad of others, when it usually turns out to be something that I wish I had just kept to myself, or better yet, I should have destroyed it from my thinking! That is more about what this verse speaks into my heart, not so much that we speak what we should not speak, but that we even consider forming the words within our minds; just the mere thought of making the sentence is enough to take us to the place of saying it; if not then, then somewhere else, just as soon as we are reminded of the sentence that we formed. To be perfectly honest, it becomes something of a secret in our minds; at least it does in my mind; if I have something I want to say, it is hard to contain it, and I will look for someone, somewhere, that I might say it to. Paul gives us some pretty good advice about this in Philippians 4:8, how that "if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things", otherwise, do not even think about them! The point being, that we should not even entertain the thoughts within our minds, because once you have entertained the thought, you have created an action or a response to that thought; you may or may not act upon it, but it has already been established and filed away within your mind. The whole thought about "the young lions" is what did it for me, as I thought about how they sometimes kill, just for the shear enjoyment of the kill; not that they need to do it, but that they are learning what it feels like to dig there "great teeth" into the side of an animal. It becomes something of a release; kind of a gnawing to do something that has some kind of power, even if that power is being used for the wrong purpose...
"Who is a wise man endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace." (James 3:13-18)