Multivitamins - Fuel Your Faith in 5-Minutes (Pt. 2)Vzorec

Day 19: When It Feels Like A Setback

Have you ever allowed a sentence or even a word to come out of your mouth and then instantly regretted it? I know I have. Or how about those moments when you feel certain of something and tell everyone about it, only for that something to not quite materialise the way you first thought it would? I’m certainly guilty of that one too.

“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak…” (James 1:19a) ESV

The Bible makes it pretty clear that there’s real wisdom to be found in listening. Sometimes we should simply listen without feeling as though we have to say anything at all – a challenge I know!

Listening is more important than speaking a lot of the time. Listening to a person share their pain, their joy, their loss, etc. More importantly than that, though, is listening to the voice of God. So often in our prayer life, we can make our voice the loudest, can’t we? Our wants, needs, hopes, and dreams make the prayer list, but we don’t quite get around to waiting for the reply. God’s voice on the matter is more important than ours, so why not make some time today to listen out for it?

Food for Thought: In what area of your life might you need to be slower to speak and quicker to listen, to God or to others?