Acceptable Communication

by Sisterlisa

Many people today spend a lot of time communicating with others. Some choose different ways to communicate and with modern technology, communication has become more frequent and fast paced than ever before. When I was a young girl, the home telephone was the most reliable source of communicating when not in the presence of another person.

I could pick up the phone anytime and have a conversation with a friend. When the cordless phone came along, young people could take the phone to a different room and have conversations without supervision. That led to many inappropriate conversations.

A young person today has this ability at the touch of the finger with personal notebooks and text messaging. Now their conversations are less
accountable to their parents now than ever before. Yet we must be aware of our conversations as instructed by God in Psalm 34:13, "Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile." I have no doubt that He also means your fingertips.

So many young people don't think about what they say, text, or instant message, but God does. Proverbs 20:11, "Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right." If you take the time to look up and write down verses from His Word about the tongue you will see how important it is to God that we have acceptable communication. In the past I may have taken all the verses about how angry God gets when we misuse our tongue for ungodly communication, but let's focus on what God is pleased with rather than displeased with.

I was so happy to read how God felt about acceptable communication that involves talking about Him to other believers and even thinking about him.

Geneva Bible 1599: Malachi 3:16, "Then spake they that feared the Lord, everyone to his neighbor, and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name."

You can take all the verses of judgment from the Bible about how much God's anger is kindled against those who speak unacceptably, but just knowing that God LOVES to hear us talk about Him and THINK about Him makes me want to do so all the more and have acceptable communication.

The very best form of communication is the humble communication we have daily with our Lord God Almighty. Yet prayer is not just intimate between the believer and God, it also involves other believers Acts 2:42, "And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."

Our prayers are precious to God Almighty Revelation 5:8, "And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints." May your communication among believers be acceptable in His sight, but that your conversations also be about our Jehovah and to His Most High.

Psalm 19:14, "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."


Sisterlisa is the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Growing in Grace Magazine and owner of AGMinistries, a devotion blog for women. She is married and homeschools her four children while remaining active in community service and serves the deaf among the local Church.

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