It is amazing how easily our own mouths can lead to our undoing. That same mouth, however, can also lead to our preservation. The choice is up to us. We can either be that child of God that we are called to be, or we can continue to walk in the lusts of our flesh.
"In the fool's own mouth is a rod to shame his pride, but the wise men's lips shall preserve them." Proverbs 14:3, Amplified
In the mouth of the fool one can find a rod. The most widely known verse that speaks of a rod can be found in Psalm 23, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me." (Psalm 23:4, NKJV)
The staff was the large stick with a curve at the top of it that has become synonymous with the shepherd. It was used to guide the sheep and pull on the sheep to get the sheep to go where the shepherd desired without being a detriment to the sheep. The rod, however, had only one purpose: breaking the legs of the sheep for the sake of discipline. The shepherd would break the legs of a sheep that had a tendency to stray and mend the legs. While the sheep was healing, the shepherd would carry the sheep on his own shoulders so that the sheep would become so familiar with the shepherd, that tendency for straying would leave the sheep.
The fool has this same rod in his mouth. By his own words he will be beaten and disciplined. It is like the alpha lion being challenged by another for a leadership position, but he is the one fighting against himself.
The lips of the wise will be like a preservation because the One who speaks through them is the Holy Spirit. As we spend more time pouring the Word of God into our hearts and minds, the more our reactions to every day happenings will mimic the Word of God. The fool fills himself with his own self image, whereas the child of God has a clear understand of who he really is; nothing. Pray then that the Lord would help you to remove that rod from your mouth. I know I have had difficulty in the past removing that same rod from my own mouth.
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