What is wrong with me? Why do so many deflating and devaluing and defeating words pour out of my mouth? Why am I so prone to sarcasm? Why do I find it necessary to put others down and be quick to correct? What about all the words I use to build my image to make sure that others perceive me correctly? What is wrong with me?

Jesus answers it like this; Matthew 12:33-35 “A tree is identified by its fruit. If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad.  You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.  A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. 

My tongue and your tongue is directly connected to our heart treasury, or what we store up in our hearts. In other words our mouths are speaking the very contents of our hearts. Our mouths are betraying what our hearts are full of. I bet you didn’t even know your heart had a treasury and that you store things in it! The person whose treasury is bankrupt or full of negativity pours out the same. The person who fills his heart with the glory of God will pour out the same as well.

When my words betray me I realize that there are still some heart issues that need the attention of the Holy Spirit. When my words reflect insecurity or anger or rejoice in the fall of another it reminds me that there’s some stuff in my heart that is not pure. If I could only realize the absolute fullness of God’s salvation and that he is giving me everything that I need, all the time, and that I never have to fear or worry about another thing and that he even turns the bad into good, if I could only rest under that truth I would never need to use my words to deflate others and inflate myself again! I need my heart to be filled with more of God’s holy word and more of the Holy Spirit and less of me. I obviously need to spend more time filling the treasury of my heart with good so that when I go down there to find the right words I will find good words.