YOUR COMMUNICATION MATTERS

“He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend” 

Proverbs 22:11 (ESV)

This is the code to walk in greatness.

It takes a man who loves the purity of heart and is gracious in speech to have the king as his friend.

The king will associate himself with the mature. And it is the direction of your thoughts and the dexterity of speech which defines your maturity.

“For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.” James 3:2 (ESV)

To be a perfect man in this context means to be a matured man. Anyone who has mastery of the tongue and knows how to speak or tame the tongue will excel in every place.

You must be intentional about how you think and also your words.  Let the Word (Wisdom) of God saturate your mind or heart and your speech.

Don’t speak as you feel, speak what is right.

Truth is not how you think, truth is how God wants you to think.

There are people whose speeches are full of ungraciousness, impoliteness, arrogance, pride, and dishonour, and will claim they are being truthful. Truth is always spoken in humility of heart and speech.

If you are truly humble at heart, you will speak with humility. If you are gracious at heart your speech will be gracious.

Your words are the description of your mindset. The mouth will speak what is in the heart.

As we looked at the Psalm 45:2:
 
“You are the most handsome of all. Gracious words stream from your lips. God himself has blessed you forever” (NLT)

David as a king did not use his royalty to become rude and boastful in his speech. He was gracious.

To speak graciously, also means to speak kindly and politely. It means to speak an attractive speech that is impressively articulated and fitting for the occasion.
This is not about making a faith declaration but knowing how to address situations and people through wisdom.

When you learn to speak right, you avoid unnecessary conflicts and even stagnation. Some people have lost great opportunities because of how they think and how impolite they are in speech.

Let grace be poured on your lips.

Even our Lord, Jesus, was gracious in His speech.

“Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips. “How can this be?” they asked. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:22 (NLT)

Jesus at every given time had the right answers to the most difficult questions.

Beloved, let gracious words proceed out of your mouth. Let your tongue be soaked with wisdom.

“The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.” Isaiah 50:4 (ESV)

It is not only your mind which must be given to training. Your tongue must be taught to be skilled at speech.

The Lord through His Word and the voice of the Holy Spirit teaches you to speak before kings.

The Lord said to Moses, “Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say” (Exodus 4:12)

Your communication (speech or writing) skills will enable you to harness relationships and accomplish success.

Think right, and speak graciously.

This is how you steer your life to glorious accomplishments.

Hallelujah!!!