Imagine that you were a mute for nine months. In those nine months thoughts of great importance would run through your mind but you would find yourself unable to express them to others. It would be hard to go one day without speaking, but to go nine months would certainly be an aggravating experience. However, imagine that this happened to you. Consider what your first words would be when you were once again able to speak. Would you use your words to complain about the nine months you just went through? Would you use them to discuss your thoughts that you previously had not been able to express? Would you use your words to speak to someone you missed speaking with? Certainly, there are a lot of ways that we could use those first words. However, when this very thing happened to Zacharias (the father of John the Baptist), his first words were used to praise God. Luke recorded that "Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God" (Luke 1:64). There is no greater use for our tongue than to praise the God who gave it to us. Lets make sure that our words are used to bring praise to God.
Garrett Bookout
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