MOTHER TONGUE

God took one look and said, “One people, one language; why, this is
only a first step. No telling what they’ll come up with next – they’ll stop
at nothing! Come, we’ll go down and garble their speech so they won’t
understand each other.”
Genesis 11:6&7
A young boy, during an eon recorded to have limited revelations from
God, ran to his master three times when he assumed it was the master
that had called him. The young boy, Samuel, who later grew to become
one of the great prophets of the Old Testament times, had not known
God for himself. That’s why it is imperative to submit to spiritual
authorities because you will almost certainly hear God’s voice the first
time like that of someone you hold in high esteem (1st Sam. 3:1-9).
Two people can’t be said to be communicating if the person on the
receiving side has no understanding of what’s being said. We may
have found ourselves in situations where either a colleague in the
office or a fellow commuter receives a phone call and the interlocutor
speaks in a native language you are not familiar with. There is the
natural tendency for the conversation to appear as noise and a
distraction not because what they are saying is not important but
because the language is not understood.
“Come, let’s talk this over! Says the Lord;…” (Isaiah 1:18 Living Bible)
God desires that we communicate with Him. When we pray, He hears
and most times, He has already answered the request before we had
the question (Isaiah 65:24). His answers have been given to us in the
form of His Word; the Bible which one might say has been around for
the longest time and yet is the least read. It contains our “Mother’s”
tongue and understanding it is a key to comprehending the dictates of
the Spirit, our Counselor.
In the same vein, when we pray in tongues, we shut out every form of
intrusion that may cause our faith to dwindle. Much like using
scriptures to pray, speaking in tongues is a means of utilizing the
language of the Spirit which leaves the devil and his cohorts
dumbfounded because in the spiritual realm, mysteries are being
uttered.
The ability of the Architect to understand a building drawing is one of
the qualifications that make his role unique from that of others
involved in the building of a house. A layman would surely find it a
daunting task to make a head of the queer looking illustration which
has lines here and there, and numbers written at particular intervals.
The Bible contains kingdom parlance and a good knowledge base of it
serves us in understanding what heaven is communicating to us and
how we are to respond.