Out Of
What happens in our hearts moves us to make choices and to speak certain things from our mouths. We speak based on what is transpiring in our hearts more often than we realize. Jesus said,
Matthew 15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.
Our speech reveals what is in our hearts. They will reveal unbelief, or they will reveal belief. They will reveal what we are currently going through in a moment in time and what we believe about the situation.
1 Samuel 1:16 Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.”
Here was a situation where a barren woman named Hannah had been weeping and pouring out her grief to the Lord and, therefore, seemed drunk as she walked and talked to the Lord. You can’t help but notice her mouth is speaking out what is occurring in her heart. The priest noticed her and questioned her why she would be in such a condition at that time of day. She answered him accordingly, making him aware of her grief. The priest tells her to go in peace and that her petition will granted to her. She received his word of hope and promise and went away with her heart uplifted. After getting her request granted, her face changed from that of sadness to that of gladness. She believed his word spoken to her, and her heart rejoiced in it.
Matthew 12:33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give an account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Here, we have the religious leaders who were constantly trying to test Jesus and challenge Him. They did not believe according to the will of God. Their hearts were filled with the evil of unbelief. So they were constantly speaking from that place of unbelief, which led them to challenge Jesus and look for something they could use to discredit Him. Had they believed, they could have had their hearts changed, and it would have brought forth the fruit of believing in Him. We know a heart of unbelief is evil because the Bible says so clearly.
Hebrews 3:12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;
In every situation of life we face, we reveal what our hearts believe by what we speak concerning it.
Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
I want declarations of faith and hope coming out of my mouth in all my situations. I want to be in a place of believing in His goodness always. I want His praise to be in my heart and to come out of my mouth.
Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
This is my prayer, and because it is, when I discover that what comes out of my mouth is evidence of doubt, I run to Him for help in getting my heart adjusted. I run to His word and ask the Holy Spirit to help me get a revelation of Him that I desperately need at that moment. I want my “Out Of” to be according to faith in Him.
