November 28, 2024 – Let Me Tell You Something

Let Me Tell You Something
November 28, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 29:8-11
 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    People often get upset over rather trivial matters. They complain about them, ruminate on them, replay them in their minds repeatedly, and then exclaim, “I think I’ll give them a piece of my mind.” I once heard a man respond to someone who made that comment, saying, “Don’t do that, you have so little to begin with.”

    It seems to be a common tendency for most people to express their thoughts when they are angry. Occasionally, if this can be done in a calm and collected manner during a conversation, it may even be constructive. However, more often than not, this anger emerges as a barrage of hateful and slanderous words that do little to resolve the underlying issue.

    Then there are those individuals who seem compelled to share everything they know every time they see you. Fortunately, this typically doesn’t take very long if you encounter them regularly because they repeat their information each time. After all, it’s unlikely that they’ve learned that much more in such a short span of time, right?

    Unfortunately, there are also people who exploit these talkative types. They make them believe they are their friends when, in reality, they are not. To propagate the latest gossip about someone or something, these insincere friends fill the heads of those who spill their grievances when angry and then deliberately bring up topics to provoke them. As a result, when the next person mentions that subject, the individuals who love to share everything they know become like an open faucet, pouring out all the information they’ve been fed. None of these people ever gain respect from those around them.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    This sin is often called gossip, and God despises it. In today’s passage, it says, “A fool utters his mind.” The issue is that all they have in their mind is a small part of the story. They often do not know the whole picture. Let us be wise believers and wait to discern what is on God’s mind before we speak too much.

Do you ever note that someone
who shares very little about those around them
is actually saying alot about
the Holy Spirit that resides in them?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: November 28, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
  1 Corinthians 6 – 1 Corinthians 10
  Proverbs 29:8 – 11

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Ezekiel 46-48
  2 Peter 1