Exodus 4.10 says, And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant, but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. It may sound funny to our ears today to refer to Jesus as Lord of the Tongue and brings to mind like Lord of the Rings or something like that, but it's a fact. Jesus is our creator and he's the maker of all things. Our bodies are in a fallen state and subject to the curse, but Jesus made our bodies and we are accountable for how we use our brain, our hands, our feet, and yes, even our tongues. And that's basically what the Lord said to Moses in response when Moses said, oh Lord, I'm not eloquent. I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. Exodus 4, 11 and 12 then tells us, and the Lord said unto him, who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh the dumb or deaf or the seeing or the blind? Have not I, the Lord, Now, therefore, go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say." Now, many have made much of the idea that Moses had some sort of speech impediment. I've even heard some say that he had a stutter like Mel Tillis, or King George VI, or Porky Pig. Yes, I've heard a preacher repeatedly imitate Porky Pig when reading Moses' words in our texts. I don't see any evidence that Moses had such limitations, and I don't say that to discourage anyone from trying to overcome impediments or lisps or stutters. It can be done. I've told the story that when I was a child, my mother helped me to slow down, think, and speak clearly to overcome my stutter in early childhood. Mel Tillis overcame his stutter by singing. And Porky Pig is a cartoon character, so his stutter isn't actually real. But what the text plainly shows is that Moses lacked the will to allow God to use his tongue. Regardless of whether it was from a lack of confidence or simply the desire not to be appointed leader, it comes from the will. And there have been many people who have voiced the words, I believe Jesus is the Lord, only to refuse to allow Jesus to control their tongues. Some call Jesus their Lord but refuse to preach the gospel to lost souls. Others call Jesus Lord but resist any opportunity to speak up for righteousness and truth on issues like abortion or sodomy or gun control. A lot of professing Christians will say, well, I'll leave that to the pastors and deacons. And many professing Christians truly believe that only so-called clergy are supposed to do that sort of thing. Of course, in such cases, they are willingly ignorant of the clear teaching of the Bible that all Christians are ministers of the gospel and of the truth and of righteousness. Not all are pastors, not all are deacons serving in leadership, but all of us are to use our God-given tongues to praise Him, preach His gospel, and declare the truth of His word. Jesus made the tongue and gave us his word so that we can know what to say when speaking. As Proverbs 16.1 says, the preparations of the heart in man and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. If you will make Jesus Lord of your life and commit the use of your tongue to his glory, Then you'll learn his word you'll memorize scripture and you can say with the Prophet Isaiah and Isaiah 50 verse 4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary He wakeneth morning by morning. He wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned and Every man and woman who ever lived will either use that tongue to confess Jesus Christ is Lord in this life or they will bow and and do so at the judgment. As we're told in Philippians 2, 10 and 11, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Even the most rank unbeliever will use that tongue in their very last act before being cast into a lake of fire to confess Jesus Christ as Lord, thus demonstrating Jesus as Lord of all, He is Lord of the tongue, and we ought to use our tongue to please Him and to bring Him glory.