From the book “Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective” by Randy Alcorn

Blessed day everyone and welcome to our devotion. And today brings us to a very convicting passage, as we look at our devotion today, we will be looking at our words.

³⁶ I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak.

Matthew 12:36 (ESV)

Don’t you think that is very convicting? ‘Di ba, kapag naintindihan natin, on the day people will give account for every careless word that they speak. Pause tayo sandali, I think no one of us can say and claim that we have not spoken any foul or offensive language, or kahit hindi offensive may mga bagay na nabanggit tayo na nakasakit, or at times in a guise of just telling the truth, we have hurt some people.

“To have lasting value and impact, our words must be touched and shaped by God’s words”, so, ang galing. Again, we are looking at a daily dose of eternal perspective, now we are seeing that our words even can have lasting value, can have lasting impact.

Dapat pinag-iisipan, ipinapanalangin, ang bawat mga salita na namumutawi sa ating mga labi. And we are all guilty about this. Minsan sabi natin, dahil sa bugso ng damdamin. Therefore, when we have like yung mga ganong bugso ng damdamin, we pause for a while and ask the Lord, ‘Lord, tulungan Niyo po ako. Let me just honor You. I mean, I’m angry Lord, please help me?’

If we want our words to have lasting value and impact, they need to be touched and shaped by God’s words. -Randy Alcorn

11  So shall My word be that goes out from My mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:11 (ESV)

Our devotion comes from the book:

Seeing the Unseen: A Daily Dose of Eternal Perspective by Randy Alcorn

From the author of the bestselling book Heaven, here are 60 meditations that will inspire you to live each day with an eternal perspective. In daily doses, Randy Alcorn offers insights on the Christian life along with Scriptures and inspirational quotes that can transform the way you think and live today.

Note: The Revised and Updated edition of Seeing The Unseen is available for purchase from their EPM store.