How many have heard that expression? It is usually when we have done something wrong, or when we have opened our mouths when we shouldn't have, and then we get confronted with it. There was a time in the bible that stands out in my mind where God called a couple of people out on the carpet. It was in Numbers where Miriam and Aaron are grumbling against Moses. They are beginning to get jealous of him being the leader and so they try to find some fault in him. The only thing they can come up with is that he married an Ethiopian woman, who was of a different culture than him, maybe even a different color than him. Well, guess who hears them? You would think they know by now that GOD is everywhere all the time, and hears all things.??? Who are we to judge someone's choice of mate, because of culture, race, or whatever other reasons? So God calls a meeting with the three of them, Moses and his sister and brother, Miriam and Aaron.
Numbers 12 v 1.....Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman....
Numbers 12 v 4....Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, "Come out you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!" So the three came out.....
Numbers 12 v 6-8....."Hear now My words. If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house. I speak with him face to face. Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?"......
Numbers 12 v 9....So the anger of the LORD was aroused against them, and He departed....
WOW!, I for one would not want to feel the LORD's anger against me, and I certainly would not want to be called out on the carpet by Him because I was talking about one of His servants. And not just any one of His servants but His favorite. The lesson to be learned here, is that when you speak against other people you arouse the anger of God against you. You never know what sort of relationship the person you are talking about has with GOD. That is probably where the other lesson comes in where 'if you do not have anything nice to say, do not say anything at all'.
The story goes on to tell us that God struck Miriam with leprosy and was going to let her die, but Moses pleaded with Him for her to live and be cleansed. The reason for singling out Miriam suggests that maybe she was the instigator of the talk. However the point is. Keep Thou Mouth Shut. Don't go around instigating and talking about other people, unless you are ready to deal with God's wrath. AMEN!
RTB.....Numbers 10-12......
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