Soap.
We all agree it’s a good thing. In the laundry. For the car. When scrubbing our pets.
Yet there are places where soap just doesn’t belong.
Give a child a bath. We know what to expect. Any soap that gets near their eyes or mouth creates justifiable panic.
It’s the reason stores sell baby shampoo. It doesn’t burn like the more powerful stuff.
Then there’s the recent laundry pod challenge that went viral on the internet. Several young people died from that.
Here’s the point: When we get something bad in our mouths, we must take heed. If it’s not good for us, we need to get rid of it.
Sour milk? We spit it out.
Soap? We’ve covered that.
A 23-year-old UK tourist in Indonesia accepted a free drink in November of 2024 only to learn it was laced with methanol. How did he find out? When he began going blind. Six other people died from it.
Methanol is eminently useful in various applications, but we don’t want it in our mouth. We want good things there instead.
Psalm 40:3 (NIV) gives us a better option:
“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.”
Having a bad day? Grouchies coming out of your mouth? Sing a praise unto God.
Barking at the grandkids? Spit it out like the poison it is and sing a praise unto God.
Tired of the noisy neighbors? Frustrated at your auto mechanic? Fed up with the pastor preaching at you?
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God!
Soap is useful. Constructive criticism is useful. Even methanol is useful … in the right circumstances. Otherwise, spit it out and replace it with something better.
God desires our words to glorify him. Let’s make sure they do.
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