Psalm 81:10

"Open your mouth wide and I will fill it."

You aren't going to open your mouth at someone unless you trust him. Why is it that we're so uncomfortable at a dentist: it isn't all just expectation of pain and cost!

Our mouth is a 'way into us' in a way that other parts of our body are not.
1. We feed ourselves through our mouth.
2. We express ourselves through our mouth (James 3:2; Matt 12:33-37).
3. Our mouth is very intimate: a kiss is a kiss in every culture; there is something fundamentally personal about other people touching our mouths.

In this verse God invites us to invite Him to a hugely important part of us. We are invited to allow God to provide for us in the most basic sense (food, other material needs: Matthew 6:33). But we are also invited to allow God to bless us going down to what is truly important (see #2 above).

I think (besides the obvious material blessing that is implicit in this verse) that the blessing is tied also to the command that is found in many places including Prov 4:23. If the mouth is the expression of the heart, then perhaps God 'going in there' also provides some of the 'keeping' Solomon warns us to do over our heart:

"Keep your heart with all vigilance,

for from it flow the springs of life."

Trust God today with your needs. Open your mouth to Him rather than to the other 'sources of blessings' in the world. Trust God rather than yourself or your abilities to appropriate goods. Open your heart and your mouth to God and He will fill you with goodness and blessing.

Praise You God the Father, for You have made extraordinary promises to us. Praise you God the Son for all God's promises find their Amen in You. Praise you God the Spirit for you open our hearts so that we can open our mouths so that You will fill it. I love You Jesus!

What are you depending on to 'fill your life' (think in terms of a recalcitrant sin)? Has it worked so far? What do you think God might have in store that is better than that sin?

Open your mouth to God, go to His Word and find promises relating to your struggle, then trust Him to fill you with good things.

Asking and expecting with you,

Pastor Greg