Power Under Control

One sentence can undo in five seconds what took five years to build. In this episode, Blake opens James 3 and walks through the apostle’s three vivid pictures of the tongue — the bridle that steers a horse, the rudder that turns a ship, and the spark that sets a forest ablaze. Each one carries the same truth: something small can control something large, for good or for harm.But James also says something deflating — “no human being can tame the tongue.” Blake shows why: the tongue isn’t the real problem, it’s the gauge. “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Real change isn’t willpower clamped over our words; it’s God doing patient work in the heart behind them — a “Coram Deo” life lived under His control. Not a tongue muzzled by effort, but one bridled by a heart that finally belongs to God.Follow Before the Lord on Facebook (@BeforeTheLord) and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo). Get devotionals delivered to your inbox at blakescrawford.com/sign-up, or listen anytime at blakescrawford.com/listen. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart.