"From the Abundance of the Heart, the Mouth speaks..."
"Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." -Matthew 12:34
When speaking to the Pharisees, Jesus makes an interesting statement. "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks." I haven't really meditated on this until last night when I was in bed. What did Jesus mean by this? Then, something came to me.
Have you noticed that you cannot learn and speak at the same time? You will always do one or the other. One will be present, and one will not. When you speak, you do not learn, for you take from your heart things you've already learned. And when you keep silent, you begin to learn by using your observation through the five senses. When you keep silent, you take information from the outside. When you speak, you take information from the inside. When you keep silent, the information you gather is sent to the mind, learned, and stored into the heart. When you speak, you take what is abundant in your heart, and you release it. Therefore, you only learn when you stop speaking.
"Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent." -Proverbs 17:28
"Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him." -Proverbs 29:20
I then began to think about why there is absolutely no record of Jesus Christ and what he did from the ages 12-30. Before Jesus started His ministry at 30 years old, the last record of Jesus was when He was 12 years old, asking questions to the priests of the temple. I personally believe that gap was Jesus' "observation years." Jesus seemed to be virtually invisible to the public. So much so that nothing was recorded. My mind's eye says that Jesus didn't talk much, rather, observed everything. Then, when Jesus was 30, His learning had become complete, His heart had become abundant on the things of God, and He began his ministry and spoke. This is just a theory of course. Nobody really knows why 12-30 was silent in the life of Jesus, but we can take a guess.
If you choose to observe evil things, your heart will absorb that evil, and so your tongue will speak evil, for it does not know where else to gather information. If you choose to observe things of God, your heart will absorb that light, and your tongue will speak things of the Lord.Where your body observes, that is where your heart will dwell. Where ever your heart will dwell, so will your mind, and so will your tongue.
May we all choose to observe the things of God, so our minds may be renewed and our hearts may dwell in clear waters so our speech may be that which is good and not evil, and may we think more about our words before we say them.
When speaking to the Pharisees, Jesus makes an interesting statement. "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks." I haven't really meditated on this until last night when I was in bed. What did Jesus mean by this? Then, something came to me.
Have you noticed that you cannot learn and speak at the same time? You will always do one or the other. One will be present, and one will not. When you speak, you do not learn, for you take from your heart things you've already learned. And when you keep silent, you begin to learn by using your observation through the five senses. When you keep silent, you take information from the outside. When you speak, you take information from the inside. When you keep silent, the information you gather is sent to the mind, learned, and stored into the heart. When you speak, you take what is abundant in your heart, and you release it. Therefore, you only learn when you stop speaking.
"Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent." -Proverbs 17:28
"Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him." -Proverbs 29:20
I then began to think about why there is absolutely no record of Jesus Christ and what he did from the ages 12-30. Before Jesus started His ministry at 30 years old, the last record of Jesus was when He was 12 years old, asking questions to the priests of the temple. I personally believe that gap was Jesus' "observation years." Jesus seemed to be virtually invisible to the public. So much so that nothing was recorded. My mind's eye says that Jesus didn't talk much, rather, observed everything. Then, when Jesus was 30, His learning had become complete, His heart had become abundant on the things of God, and He began his ministry and spoke. This is just a theory of course. Nobody really knows why 12-30 was silent in the life of Jesus, but we can take a guess.
If you choose to observe evil things, your heart will absorb that evil, and so your tongue will speak evil, for it does not know where else to gather information. If you choose to observe things of God, your heart will absorb that light, and your tongue will speak things of the Lord.Where your body observes, that is where your heart will dwell. Where ever your heart will dwell, so will your mind, and so will your tongue.
May we all choose to observe the things of God, so our minds may be renewed and our hearts may dwell in clear waters so our speech may be that which is good and not evil, and may we think more about our words before we say them.
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