What great beasts these are! As we walked through the park one day we met them coming along with their keeper. The one behind was grasping the leader’s tail with his trunk! When the keeper saw we wished to, “snap” them, he ordered them to “pose” for us and this they obediently did as you can see. How wonderful that such huge and powerful beasts can be taught to obey man, and can be trained to do many wonderful acts for our amusement, and to work to help man in many ways. The Bible tells us that,
“Every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind.” James 3:77For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: (James 3:7).
BUT there is one little thing that man cannot tame. Can you guess what it is? Hear the Word of God again,
Just think of that, children! We all know how quickly, angry, naughty words spring to our lips when we are provoked, and how impossible it is to “tame” our own tongues. But can no one tame them? Ah, yes, there is One Who can do all things well—He Who made our tongues can tame them too, as many have found out. But first of all we must come to Him as helpless, needy sinners. He will save us through Christ, and then we can trust Him to keep our tongues so that they “speak right things,” and are controlled by His power and His love. What we cannot do, He can and will, if we trust Him to do so.
ML 12/10/1944