and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence – and is set on fire by hell.

Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope,

For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.”

So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.