The final boundary that you need to set is concerning what you do to others – a boundary around your actions.
You have heard the old saying that actions speak louder than words; nevertheless, there must be a boundary around what you say.
Your mouth contains the ability to heal or hurt, to encourage or discourage, to build or destroy!
This is why the Psalmist said, “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.” Ps 141:3
It is ungodly for you to speak blessing and praise God one moment then turn around and curse someone the next. No man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right! James 3:8-10
You must set a boundary around your words and not cross over!
Another boundary should be around where you go.
I know of a man that was trying to do what was right; trying to get away from doing drugs. A old friend stopped by one day and wanted him to go with him. He knew where this trip was heading and what it would involve.
He had a choice; he knew the boundary and he crossed that line.
They may say, “Come and join us. Let’s hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent! Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death. Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take. Come, throw in your lot with us; we’ll all share the loot.”
My child, don’t go along with them! Stay far away from their paths. Prov 1:11-15
Set a guard on your actions and around those you are around.
For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that! 2 Tim 3: 5
“bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Cor 15:33
What you say, where you go, and who you are around all need to be within God’s boundary.
If Christian’s would stick to these boundaries, our country would turn around.
It is written others will set your boundaries then, and the Lord’s people will have no say in how the land is divided. Mic 2:5
This has happened. There is a continual effort to rid God from every facet of American life and it seems as if His people have little to say about it.
The boundary has been moved; we need to move it back!