Bless, and Curse Not
Margaret Laning uses the biblical account in II Kings 6 and Ecclesiastes 10:20 to address the practical sin of careless speech and gossip among Christians. The article exhorts readers to guard their words in private, warning that unguarded comments—whether spoken in bedrooms or transmitted through modern technology—inevitably become public knowledge and damage Christian witness.
In the privacy of his own bedroom, the king of Syria, in II Kings 6, devised an attack on God's people. Where could be a more secretive spot to plot? Finally, when his invasion was ready to carry out, how shocked he was to discover that his plans had been divinely delivered to the king of Israel. This happened not once or twice but time and again to the angry, frustrated Syrian king. Even today, in the privacy of our own homes some of our words are intercepted too. It grieves us to confess...
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