Ponder on the question and answer!

As God's children, we are more cautious about guarding our testimonies. In general, we like to guard our reputation. As even the world says, when character is lost, everything is lost. What can harm our reputation? One of the main things, as said by Jesus, is what comes out of our mouth.

Matthew 15:11 (NIV):

"What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them."

I have seen people give more care into preparing the food in a very clean manner. Some others give importance to cleaning all the vegetables. They boil and boil till even the good bacteria dies. The Bible is not saying that harm to character comes through what goes inside your mouth, through the tongue, but through what comes out as words. Ugly thoughts bring ugly words out of one's mouth, leading to ugly actions.

Isaiah 6:5 (NIV) says:

"‘Woe to me!’ I cried. ‘I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.’"

As in the above verse, we are living in a world with unclean lips. When Isaiah saw the Holy One, the Lord God on a throne being worshipped by seraphim, he felt too humbled. And the unworthiness that comes through sinning rose up in him. He praised God and confessed about his unclean lips.

Hey friend, can you deny whether we are living in a world of unclean lips? When this realisation came to him, a seraphim touched him with the coals from the altar. Then verse 7 says, the angel said that his sin was purged.

Hey friend, do not fall for the standard of this world. We, the children of God who serve God and whose angels are watching over us, cannot have unclean lips. Let us go to the altar and be willing to be touched by the hot coal. Let us not get comfortable with the unclean lips. We are born to carry His pure words. May we seek God's holiness to purify us and use us to lift His praises. May we boast about talking about holy things, not about mean things. Do not participate in the worldly laughter or the double-meaning jokes. They are not our purpose. We are His. We need His words on our tongue. We need His touch to be holy and get away from the with unclean lips.

Dear God,

Thank you for the truth you have in the Bible for us. May we be touched by You—touch us with the coal from the altar, Lord. May we be cleansed. May we come closer to You to see Your glory, to feel Your holiness. May we be like the prophet Isaiah and long to have a clean tongue. Touch us, Lord.

In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.