Friday 8 Mar 2013

Friday Reading: Proverbs 15:1-2

Key Verse: Psalm 15:2
2  The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Devotion:
How many times have you looked at someone and thought that they would be great to be friends with only to hear them speak and wonder how they have ever made friends?  I am not talking about judging people by their accents or their language but simply what other people talk about. It is good to be able to fellowship with others, to be able to sit and chat about things, but endless words of drivel or swearing and putting down others is not going to win any friendship at all.

This is not to say that we need to speak of nothing else other than God and His Word because we need to be there for people and we all have real lives that we live. We need to be able to communicate to each other about those lives and how we can work things out with others because we are all made different and think in different ways. If we all thought the same way we would not have to talk about things and discuss things, but we are not so we do need to talk. If we are to spend that time having meaningful discussions where we can discuss real life then we will grow closer together as we understand each other more.

If, or when, we do something wrong against another person we should be able to work things out between ourselves and not have to blow up in a full blown argument in order to sort out our differences. That is going to do nothing but drive a wedge between us and them. But being able to discuss our problems openly will help to move us forward together.

Could you imagine how far we would get if we argued with God? Would we ever be able to draw close to Him if we only ever blamed Him for everything in our lives? Would we ever listen to Him if we were always arguing? I think not! Instead we have to open our hearts to Him and pray to Him in all honesty; only then will our prayers mean the same as what is on our hearts, only then will we be talking honestly to God. If we expect to be able to do anything different with our friends and those around us that God would have us love, then we are living a lie.

Points to Ponder:
How often do you argue?

How often do you open your heart to others?