Oh Shut Up!

“Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.” Psalm 31:18 

If my grandmother was here and heard me say “Shut Up” I would be in deep trouble.  For sure there would be a bar of soap close by.  To grandma these words were the same as cursing and I suppose they are.  They do however express the intense anger we feel when others lie about us in a scornful way.  David put it the right way when he turned to the LORD and said, “Let the lying lips be put to silence;”

There was a day not long ago when the life the Christian lived was admired.  Sorry to say, no longer is it looked at in the same way.  The respect of the world is not what we should be after.  It is GOD we are here to please not anyone else, not even ourselves.  Sometimes we are deserving of harsh comments because of the way we are living our lives before the world but when it comes simply out of hate for what we stand for it is hard to live with. They,“speak grievous things”

They like to use scripture to antagonize us. They twist the Word of GOD to say things which are built out of half truths. This is not new but has been here from the beginning.  Satan used it in the Garden and Caiaphas did also when JESUS was charged.  Hardly a day goes by that I don’t see people taking Scripture out of context and use it for their own benefit. They do this, “proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”

Oh the words which the wicked speak,

Bringing our hearts, to a boiling peak.

Harmful things that cause us to cry.

Never understanding the reason why.

Is this from where they get their joy

In hurting others that they destroy?

Their desire is to entomb us deep

With tormented hearts as we sleep.

Here is what I will say to all my foes.

All your lying words will be exposed.

All you’ve said to cause me this pain

Through Christ my Lord I’ll sustain. 

“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” Psalm 55:22