I Refuse To Find Fault

We have GOT to begin speaking better.

We have GOT to stay laser focused on managing our mouths better.

Because the scriptures say so.

Over and over again we are warned against the power of the tongue.

And it's what's damaging us more than we realize.

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue." Prob 18:21

"If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies." 1 Peter 3:10

"A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." Prob 15:1

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." Eph 4:29

"And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell." James 3:6

Your tongue is powerful.

And the words we're speaking carry the capacity for more damage than we understand.

I heard a story recently about a pastor who was going through a really tough circumstance for which he was carrying around a lot of unnecessary guilt and shame. One evening his wife, seeing his anxiety over the matter, looked him in the eyes and said, "I find no fault in you."

He would later recall this as a defining moment of healing in his life. He said it wrecked him and instantly delivered him from the pressure of the enemy.

Because the enemy would love to see us remain in a place of defeat, he'll do anything to steal the Word from our lives and keep our minds fixated on all that we lack.

But this pastor's wife knew a little secret about words.

And she used them to speak life into her husband.

So what if we took on this type of attitude with those we are entrusted to love?

Because Jesus says it to those He calls His own.

"I find no fault in you."

And when we refuse to find fault in our brothers and sisters in Christ, we are behaving like Jesus.

I heard it from a sermon I listened to recently that a working definition of grace is: "God's overwhelming desire to treat us as if sin never happened."

Isaiah 43:25 says this, "I - yes I, alone - will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again."

He does it for HIS OWN SAKE.

Because He understands a little something about the benefit of giving grace.

"I find no fault in you. I refuse to remember your sins. For my sake I give grace beyond measure."

Giving grace benefits you and I. By refusing to point out blame and by refusing to find fault, we bring healing to our own hearts and lives!

Jesus took it to the cross.

The way of grace that we must emulate.

And so we must determine to watch our tongue.

We must find no fault in others in an effort to look more like the Father.

It's a requirement for Kingdom-centered Christians.

"Love one another" was not a suggestion.

It was a command.

By us refusing to find fault in those around us, we clean the environment of an enemy invasion. We protect our Kingdom culture. We allow heaven to influence earth.

Let's be a people who absolutely refuse to find fault in others.

Oh it matters more than you think!