Lasting Words

     Words are a very powerful tool.  Though many times we think are words do not mean much, the truth is that they can mean a lot to someone else.  In Psalm 12, David is looking for faithful men that would speak the truth consistently.  In verse 2, he speaks of their words being empty and vain.  He also speaks of words of hypocrisy, "With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak."  On one side they are speaking words that please others.  While they speak these words, they have other thoughts in their minds.  In Proverbs 6:16-17, the Bible tells us that God hates a lying tongue.  We are told in Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it?"  The heart cannot be trusted!  In Matthew 12:34 Jesus says, "for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."  Eventually what is in the heart of a man will come out.  What are you putting into your heart?  Who's word can you trust today?  No longer is man's word recognized as a trusted truth.  David tells us in verse 3, "The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips."  Man's word will not stand!  In verse 6 and 7 we see the great promise that God's Word Will Stand!  "The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.  Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."  You can trust God's Word.  You can depend on its accuracy and truthfulness.  Always look for God's Word to direct you each day.  His Word will stand forever!