Heart Lips

One of Larry's silliest songs goes like this: "If my lips ever left my mouth - Packed a bag and headed south - That'd be too bad - I'd be so sad." (VeggieTales - Silly Songs with Larry, "I Love My Lips").  Before we quickly agree how incredibly silly and and irrational these words are, consider how much we really do love and rely on our lips.  While lips [themselves] do not function alone, they are the mechanism by which we communicate so many things: love-hate, joy-sorrow, delight-disgust, etc.  The reality is our lips do nothing on-their-own.  How is it possible then that "my lips will praise You" (Psalm 63:3)?  From where come this spiritual desire and God-honoring words that pass our lips?  The truth is, all that passes our lips originates in the most secret place of the heart.  Jeremiah warns us the heart is deceitful above all things (17:9), and Solomon counsels above all things guard your heart  (Proverbs 4:23). One of the best ways to know the current condition of your heart is to measure what passes your lips.  It may be silly - even irrational - to say the heart has lips then, well ... maybe not.  How are your heart's lips?​