The Salty Saints

Weekly Inspiration

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Matthew 5:13

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

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A Glad Tongue

Something wonderful happens when a godly person gives him or herself wholly to the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Every part of their life becomes a fountain of Jesus Christ. He does not want us to imitate Him. He wants us to be filled with Himself. His divine nature absolutely flows from the saint that is wholly filled with His Spirit. I’m a Pentecostal and I can tell you that we Pentecostals have put too much emphasis on the ecstatic experiences and too little on the authority of His divine life in us. The gifts of the Spirit should not be ignored but the life of Jesus Christ in us should be the center.

That life produces power, the fire of enthusiasm, and a total readiness to be spent for Him. All our physical facilities are Spirit-saturated and nothing is so sure a fountain as the tongue. A spirit-filled believer will manifest “a glad tongue.” Listen as Apostle Luke shows a prophecy from the psalmist David connecting Pentecost with “a glad tongue.” “Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” (Acts 2:24-27)

David was speaking from His revelation of this coming Pentecostal baptism that was to occur at the “Feast of Pentecost.” He was overjoyed with this prophecy and stated, “Therefore did my heart rejoice and my tongue was glad.” The fullness of the Spirit has always been associated with a happy spiritual life. You cannot be full of Jesus Christ and act like a prude. “It is joy unspeakable and full of glory.” (I Peter 1:8) The greatest witness in the world for Jesus Christ is when your “tongue is glad.” We possess no capacity in our physical person more powerful than our tongue. It (can be) an unruly evil full of deadly poison or it can be a fountain of joy and praise. It is your choice.

The Lord wants to sanctify our tongue, to strip it of quick unmeasured words and careless confusion and to make it “a glad tongue.” Too many Christians speak without wisdom—hasty words, condemning words, noisy words—and ruin their influence. The tongue is the last stronghold of the flesh in most lives. If we can measure our tongue, we are called “perfect” (mature).