Ezekiel 11:21
But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds down on their heads," declares the Lord YHWH.
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Jesus said that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks {Mat.12:34} and then James would write that our tongues, what we say, the words of our mouths, are like the rudder on a ship directing the paths of our lives. {Jas.3:4-5}

Today’s Scripture verse from the Lord through the prophet Ezekiel describes the result of not using our voices to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to proclaim His glory, to testify of the great things He has done for us, to return love for hatred. If not, we will focus on and chase after the things that do not profit as the prophet Samuel said. {1Sam.12:21} Or as King Solomon, putting aside the wisdom that the Lord had given him, said “Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.” {Ecc.2:11}

The glory had departed! Back to Ezekiel, “And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.” {Ez.11:23} When that happens all that is left behind is the 'detestable things and abominations'.

So, just as the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Galatia, "as a man sows so shall he reap." {Gal.6:7} Everything we do, all of our actions and everything we speak, good or evil, will have a result—even if we do not recognize it or understand it! We are continually 'planting seeds' in our lives, seeds that will either bear good fruit or bad fruit.

King Solomon wrote in Proverbs that from the fruit of the mouth man will eat good, followed by saying that the one who guards his mouth preserves his life. {Pro.13:2-3} Paul also wrote that when he was a child he spoke as a child, he thought like a child. {1Cor.13:11} He spoke then he thought! That is not ‘good order’ for sure.

How many of us today speak before we think? We are supposed to be praying without ceasing. {1Thes.5:17} And remember, our tongues are the rudder that steer our life. Either into a safe harbor or onto the rocks of destruction. We should learn from David, a man after God's own heart, who prayed: “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.” {Ps.141:3}

Let us remember and be guided by the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount:

“You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:16-20)

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