What Are We Eating?

1 Samuel 27; Psalms 141; 1 Chronicles 9; Matthew 10

“Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil, to take part in wicked deeds with men who are evildoers; let me not eat of their delicacies.”

Psalm 141:3, 4

Gossip is the passing on of privileged information which exposes the faults or failings of others without their approval. David’s sojourn with 600 discontented men would have constantly exposed him to gossip and inappropriate conversation. Later, in the palace, David would have been exposed to the intrigues and plots that swirl around places of power. His response to God was a prayer of desperation that the presence of the Lord, not fruitless gossip and slander, would become the focus of his day and his speech. David asked for God’s help to put a guard over his mouth so that he wouldn’t be passing on the damaging words he occasionally heard. David decided he wanted to chew on better and more nutritious food, than the choice morsels and delicacies of gossip and privileged information.

What are we eating today?

“Lord Jesus, keep me from gossip through the media of friends and refocus my heart on you, for your glory.”