1 Peter 3:10
Though the world that we live in may be tossed with financial woe, and the people around us seem nervous for their future, the saint trusts in a certain God. We find that it is possible, through the finished work of Jesus to love our life and to rest in the wonderful moments of knowing our Savior.
The Apostle Peter felt the same way, giving us a way to “love life, and see good days” (1 Peter 3:10). In order to have this happen in our lives we are to “let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:” (3:10). “Guile” is craftiness or deceit; so Peter is instructing us to speak that which is good and honest.
Paul warned the believer about speaking evil, saying that it should be “put away from you” (Ephesians 4:31). He also gave us an example of what evil speaking might sound like, and it is not “cursing” or telling dirty jokes. Paul said, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers” (Ephesians 3:29). When we communicate with others without using the grace and mercy of God in our speech and in our approach, Paul says that this is “corrupt communication”. How many times have we spoken to people with a judgmental attitude, administering law and works into their lives?
When we speak to one another in this manner we grieve the Holy Spirit of God (3:30). The Holy Spirit wishes to minister grace to each person that we come in contact with, but He is limited by the words that come out of our mouths. Don’t grieve His design and desire by saying things to others that are not covered over by the grace of Jesus Christ.
As we minister these words of hope and grace into people’s lives, we begin to love life and see good days (1 Peter 3:10). One of the reasons that we love life more when we minister grace to others is because we begin to rest in the grace that God has for us. Actually, it is impossible to minister pure grace to those in your life if you do not have an understanding and acceptance for grace in your own heart. Life is “worth the living” when you rest in His finished work.
Note that Peter says that you will “see good days”, not “a good day”. When we are resting in Christ, ministering His grace to the world around us, it is not just an occasional day of happiness in Jesus, but there are multiple “good days”. In contrast, when Paul tells the believer to put on the whole armor of God in order to stand against the tricks of the devil, he says that he is preparing us for the “evil day” (Ephesians 6:13). In the world there is an evil day, but in Christ there are good days!
Accept His mercy and grace towards you, and then minister that into someone’s life and watch your good days increase. May these “good days” begin today!
Though the world that we live in may be tossed with financial woe, and the people around us seem nervous for their future, the saint trusts in a certain God. We find that it is possible, through the finished work of Jesus to love our life and to rest in the wonderful moments of knowing our Savior.
The Apostle Peter felt the same way, giving us a way to “love life, and see good days” (1 Peter 3:10). In order to have this happen in our lives we are to “let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:” (3:10). “Guile” is craftiness or deceit; so Peter is instructing us to speak that which is good and honest.
Paul warned the believer about speaking evil, saying that it should be “put away from you” (Ephesians 4:31). He also gave us an example of what evil speaking might sound like, and it is not “cursing” or telling dirty jokes. Paul said, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers” (Ephesians 3:29). When we communicate with others without using the grace and mercy of God in our speech and in our approach, Paul says that this is “corrupt communication”. How many times have we spoken to people with a judgmental attitude, administering law and works into their lives?
When we speak to one another in this manner we grieve the Holy Spirit of God (3:30). The Holy Spirit wishes to minister grace to each person that we come in contact with, but He is limited by the words that come out of our mouths. Don’t grieve His design and desire by saying things to others that are not covered over by the grace of Jesus Christ.
As we minister these words of hope and grace into people’s lives, we begin to love life and see good days (1 Peter 3:10). One of the reasons that we love life more when we minister grace to others is because we begin to rest in the grace that God has for us. Actually, it is impossible to minister pure grace to those in your life if you do not have an understanding and acceptance for grace in your own heart. Life is “worth the living” when you rest in His finished work.
Note that Peter says that you will “see good days”, not “a good day”. When we are resting in Christ, ministering His grace to the world around us, it is not just an occasional day of happiness in Jesus, but there are multiple “good days”. In contrast, when Paul tells the believer to put on the whole armor of God in order to stand against the tricks of the devil, he says that he is preparing us for the “evil day” (Ephesians 6:13). In the world there is an evil day, but in Christ there are good days!
Accept His mercy and grace towards you, and then minister that into someone’s life and watch your good days increase. May these “good days” begin today!
