Saturday November 22nd, 2014
Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To everything there is a season, a
time for every purpose under heaven:”
I’ve
always loved this chapter of Ecclesiastes, it’s such a good reminder that there
is a time for everything. Acting the wrong way in a situation that requires a
different reaction could actually turn into sin. A better example would be the
second part of verse 7, “A time to keep silence, and a time to speak”. Being
the self-centered human that I am, I want my voice to be heard. So I tend to
try and speak out when I feel I need to, which is quite often. Or if I do say
something, sometimes I don’t feel heard or what I say gets shot down. I know
that is not an all the time occurrence, but those are the ones I remember,
because that is when my pride got shut down, which is a marvelous thing. I
don’t need to speak every single time something comes up. I may be in a
position of just listening, which is okay too. I can’t let my pride and
selfishness get in the way when I need to just be listening.
God
has definitely blessed me with the gift of listening. When people need someone
to talk to, I’m the girl to come to. I can sit and listen to you all day long.
When it comes to advice, I pray and let the Lord lead, but listening is
something He’s gifted me in. But that is not the point. I need to remember this
gift of listening the Lord has given me and use it from time to time. I need to
pray for discernment for when a good time for me to speak is or when is a good
time for me to simply listen. Not only with listening and speaking, but for
everything as this verse states. There comes season for everything, it’s just a
matter of it being appropriate for the situation.
Application: God’s timing
is perfect for everything, I need to have discernment with the different
reactions I can have. So my prayer is for discernment. And I will just sit back
and listen today, to those around me and to the Spirit.
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