“Hezekiah welcomed the messengers and showed them his wealth—his silver and gold, his spices and perfumes, and all his military equipment. There was nothing in his storerooms or anywhere in his kingdom that he did not show them" - Isaiah 39:2 (GNT).
During World War II, the United States government became concerned that a number of German spies were operating in America, sending information back to Germany regarding Allied war plans and specific troop and ship movements. To keep them from impacting the war effort, the Office of War Information launched a national campaign around the slogan “Loose Lips Sink Ships.” It was a solemn warning to people not to repeat information that might be damaging or even deadly if it fell into the wrong hands.
There is a Yoruba Proverb that says, "Ti isu eni ba ta, afo wo bo je" meaning "If your yam is ready, you cover it and eat". This proverb warns against being careless with the information we share in public about ourselves. Anyone who disregard this wise counsel can be said to be suffering from "A Chronic Loose Lips Sydrome".
One of the easiest way to identify people who are suffering from this deadly disease is to check what they say or post about themselves or their families on social media. Everything that happens in such people's lives usually appears on social media within 24 hours. It is obvious that these people are nephews and cousins of King Hezekiah who loves to impress his Babylonian friends by showing off all that he had (Isaiah 39:1-4). The Babylonian emissary must have been very impressed with what they saw and thereafter responded with some "likes", "love" and "good comments" on social media. King Hezekiah felt very good but he never knew that his loose lips would eventually make his children and the entire nation to become a fugitive in Babylon (Isaiah 39:6). That singular careless act of his sank the ship of Israelites like lead. What a terrible blunder!
It is unfortunate that many people in this generation have not learn any lesson from the repercussions of King Hezekiah's loose lips. They are still impressing their Babylonian friends on Facebook and other social media platforms by showing off everything they have. They seem to have forgotten that the modern day Babylonians are still deceitful and desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9).
Beloved, please stop trying to impress your Babylonian friends like your Uncle - King Hezekiah. Stop showing off your possessions in public. Don't use your lips and fingers to drill holes in the ship of your destiny. Not everything that happens to you must appear on social media for people to like, love or comment on. The wisest man that ever lived describes anyone with loose lips as a fool (Proverbs 29:11). I hope you are not a fool.
"A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.” Proverbs 29:11
This powerful hymn re-echoes the need to exercise discretion with the words that come out of our mouth at all times:
OH, BE CAREFUL by Anonymous
Oh, be careful, little tongue, what you say,
Oh, be careful, little tongue, what you say.
There’s a Father up above looking down in tender love,
Oh, be careful, little tongue, what you say.
Oh, be careful, little hands, what you do,
Oh, be careful, little hands, what you do.
There’s a Father up above looking down in tender love,
Oh, be careful, little hands, what you do.
Oh, be careful, little feet, where you go,
Oh, be careful, little feet, where you go.
There’s a Father up above looking down in tender love,
Oh, be careful, little feet, where you go.
May we not use our tongues and hands to sink the glorious ship of our destiny in Jesus name, Amen.
Good day and God bless you.
Maranatha!
Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo
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