Only When

Reading from Nov. 3, 2009
Job 25; Mark 13-14

As I was reading through Mark 13
Verse 11 jumped out at me

Reading from the New Living Translation
Verse 11 reads like this
"...don't worry about what to say, . . Just say what God tells you to."

I realize that this verse is found within a certain context
&
I know that Jesus was not implying that we should not study

However

In light of Pastor Jim's new sermon series

I couldn't help but think about

ACTUALLY
LIVING
THIS OUT
DAILY

To only speak the words that are given to you from God

Among other things:
This reminds me of the saying
That God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth
To listen twice as much as we speak

I don't know about you
but
Being a talker
I would be hard pressed
and would have to make a choice
to exercise extreme self-control
in order to pull this off

To speak only when spoken to by God

Think about that

I mean really think about it

To speak
ONLY
When spoken to by God

(Please remember I am not saying
that starting today you need to
ignore people that engage in conversation with you.)

All I'm challenging you to do is
To just try it out

When someone ask you a question
Before you just blurt out an answer
Why not intentionally listen
to see if God might have anything to say
something through you

Let me know how it goes