The Silver Tongue
Prov 10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver (KJV)
Silver in the Bible is symbolic of redemption. To redeem something means to rescue from loss or to restore honour, worth & reputation. This scripture is saying that we can use our tongue to rescue difficult situations, we can use our tongues to restore to people their dignity, to give them acceptance, to speak well of them.
In Jn Ch 4 Jesus is speaking to a woman at a well. He reveals to her that He knows she has been married 5 times and is currently living with a man but instead of condemning her He offers her the gift of salvation which she gladly receives. Jesus used His redemptive tongue to restore to this woman her honour, dignity and reputation.
Every day God will give to you and I opportunities to speak with a redemptive tongue. It may be we can encourage someone by complimenting their work or the way they dress; we can speak kind words to someone who is hurting, words of hope to the person who feels a failure. Or we have been wronged by a friend but instead of using sharp, cutting words we speak with a healing tongue that restores the relationship.
Meditation point: God has given me the power of a redemptive tongue. How can I use it?
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