James 3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
If you bridle the tongue, you will bridle the whole body. Even though the tongue is an unruly, restless, unstable evil that no man can tame, (James 3:2,8), the Word of God says that you can do all things through Christ who empowers you from within. (Phil 4:13).
When it comes to bridling the tongue and walking in the Spirit, Paul gives us a very helpful insight in Romans 1:9 where he wrote, “For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son…”
You serve God with your spirit. You serve Him first of all out of your spirit, and not first of all out of your mind or body. If you serve God with your spirit, you’ll serve God with your mind and your body.
The Spirit of Christ dwells in your spirit. He empowers you from within your spirit. Learning to yield to your spirit is learning to yield to the empowerment of Christ within you!
Learning to follow and yield to the promptings of the Holy Spirit within your own spirit will lead you and empower you to bridle the tongue, so that you bridle the whole body as well!
