A Rash Mouth and A Hasty Heart
Encouraging the daily praise and worship of Jesus Christ because worship is a daily lifestyle, not just a weekly event!
Ecclesiastes 5:2 "Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few."MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, Wordpress and Blogger - words, words, words! So much noise clutter, sound, text!
Solomon says that it is better to draw near to God to listen rather than to offer what he calls "the sacrifice of fools." (Ecc. 5:1) In this technological age of iPhones and OnStar and XM Satellite Radio - as well as a multitude of other sofisticated communication devices, apps, and tools - at least two question arise out of this passage for me:
1) Is there ever a significant block of time when we just turn it all "OFF" and get still and quiet?
To be still, quiet, even contemplative is, I believe, increasingly rare. To some, it may seem like a waste of time - I mean, there's so much to do, so much to communicate about! And yet, whenever we put a bracket around a significant amount of time to be still and center our hearts and minds upon the Lord, there can come a peace, patience, and inner strength to our lives.
2) How would others describe us: as a good talker or as a good listener?
Solomon goes on to say that a fool's voice comes with many words. (Ecc. 5:3) What would our day be like today if we practiced the discipline of listening more rather than talking more; having an attitude that we have something to "hear" today rather than something to "say" today? What might we learn about others, ourselves, and God?
Hmm, I suppose I should stop writing now.
Lord, today, let the words I speak be fewer than the words I hear.
Until next time,
David Guion
for one24worship.com
one24worship@gmail.com
Encouraging the daily praise and worship of Jesus Christ because worship is a daily lifestyle, not just a weekly event!
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Encouraging the daily
praise and worship of Jesus Christ.
Because worship is a daily lifestyle,
not just a weekly event!
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