“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”
James 3:9-10 KJV
James warns about taming the tongue, “We use our tongue to praise God our Father and then turn around and curse a person who was made in His very image! Out of the same mouth we pour out words of praise one minute and curses the next. My brothers and sisters, this should never be!” We can say beautiful things about God the Father but with the same mouth curse a fellow human made in God’s image and likeness. We curse a person and pretend to be God. The point is not what the person did to deserve the insult, but that people are mirror likeness bearers of God by design! True worship is to touch someone’s life with the same devotion and care we would touch Jesus Himself, even if the other person seems a most unlikely candidate. Blessing and curse cannot originate from the same source. Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of lights, Who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change. God was delighted to give us birth by the truth of His infallible Word so that we would fulfill His chosen destiny for us and become the favorite ones out of all His creation! Discovering our True Source and our identity in Christ, brings true freedom. Amen!
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