Mar 2, 2022
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Speak less and speak more
On phone saw ad
for an app that gives you daily quotes and it said “how beautiful
it is to be silent when you’re expected to be enraged
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Scriptures
Went On in my
morning time to listen to Luke 23 where Jesus answered Pilate's
question "Are you the King of the Jews?" with more of a statement
than an answer. Then when Jesus was sent to Herod He didn't
respond to Herod's questions at all.
According to
Martin B. Copenhaver, author of the book "Jesus is the Question",
Jesus asked 307 recorded questions during His ministry, and yet
only answered 3 of questions made to Him. So you could say that for
every question He answered, He asked 100 questions.
I have regrets
over things I’ve said but very little regrets over things I didn’t
say
On the other
hand, I have more regrets over things I didn’t do vs things I
did
Proverbs 17:28
NKJV says "Even a fool is counted wise when he
holds his peace; When he shuts his
lips, he is
considered perceptive."
I’ve seen first
hand where men I believe to be foolish based on what they've said,
actually seem wise when they are in a situation with an opportunity
to speak but choose to be silent
A friend of mine
once told me of the change he had made in conversing with his
wife. When she was upset and would say things that were
intended to provoke a tit-for-tat, argumentative reaction from him,
he instead chose to just be silent. If she didn't
specifically ask him a question, he figured he didnt' need to say
anything. Of course, Jesus took it further and more often
than not would not even respond to a question.
Hollywood often
romanticizes the bold spoken word usually at the end of a movie, at
the climax, with bold music soaring, but I hope you agree we
shouldn’t model our behavior after what we see in
movies
How does this
apply at work …
Why do we speak
at work? To impress or share knowledge. Phrase “people don’t care
what you know until they know that you care”
So without
caring and love your words are not accomplishing their 2
primary objectives
Interesting how
Jesus asked people several times not to tell about being healed,
example of speaking when He tells you to and not speaking when He
tells you not to.
And when it
matters most, we've been assured that we don't have to come up with
the words. Luke 12:11-12 says "“Now when they bring you to
the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about
how or what you should answer, or what you should
say. 12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that
very hour what you ought to say.”"
Speak more-I'm
referring to three things:
One is that we
should be speaking more with God our Father through
prayer.
1 Thess 5:16-18
says "Rejoice always, 17 pray without
ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Second is that we should be liberally speaking words of life
and encouragement to others, especially to those we are closest
to.
Third, is we should be sharing the Gospel more with
others.
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New series calling Essentials, scriptures we can all look to
when we’re frustrated, confused in our world, asking ourselves
“what do I do?” These essentials will not be specific to the
workplace, I’ll try to continue to reference those in the L or
Logos section.
I’m not going to teach or comment
on these scriptures but to let them speak for themselves and ask
you to spend time meditating on these and each week and asking God
to show you how He wants you to apply them to your life
now.
I also ask you to look into the context for these passages,
what comes before and after them and the mindset the original
writer had. I will intentionally keep these brief and leave
it up to you to pursue and investigate the context of each.
But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness,
gentleness.
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Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own
masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the
teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must
not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather
they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their
good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these
things.
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Jokes
Which of King Arthur's knights invented the round table? - Sir
Cumference