This
past Sunday, a message was preached at church that resonated with me in many
ways.
II
Chronicles 7:14 says, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then
will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
The
part I wanted to focus on is, “and seek my face.” This means to be constantly aware of
God. As our Pastor mentioned, how many
OTHER things are we aware of and focused on during the day, leaving little time
and thought for God and Godly Things. An
illustration was given how we will often google something before we open our
Bibles or seek Him in prayer. I have
(just in the past couple of days) made more of a point to seek answers in His
word, which is how I ended up writing this blurp.
My
question is this. If somebody hurts your
feelings or a situation has made you upset, is it wrong to tell somebody else
about it? Where is the line between
sharing your feelings and speaking badly of another.
Ephesians
4:29 says, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that
which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the
hearers.”
It
seems as though my question has been answered, yes?
The
next part of the message after Seeking His Face was to Turn from Your Wicked
Ways…This is the part that I’m sure many of us deal with. I don’t know what the next step is. I don’t know how to share my feelings that
may involve an interaction with somebody else and do what I think the Bible is
telling me. Do I bottle the
feelings? Put them away? (So against my personality)
My
intent in writing this is to share what I have only just tonight realized. And also, for my friends to hold me accountable. I think my tounge could stand to take a leave
of absence or something.
My goal
and prayer is that my mouth would use more words for
“the
use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers”
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