774) It is so easy to jump on the negative and complaining band wagon. I think it’s part of our fallen nature. Some do this because it’s venting. It feeds their needs a little, but it also does something else. It rings in others’ ears and produces no good thing.

In Psalm 39:1, David asks God to put a muzzle on his mouth. He acknowledges that his own willpower will not work. The key to David being a “man after God’s own heart” is knowing his limitations and asking God to help him. Sometimes muzzles are necessary.