What You Say Pt.2

It's so easy to judge isn't it?

It's easy for us to offer our opinion whenever we feel like it, assuming that either A)it's welcomed, or B) its right.

We feel like we have some special insight into others lives, but how often do we wait and see if our "insight" or "advice" is pride speaking or if it is even welcomed. Many times God urges us to speak into others lives, but I would argue that more often than not, we want to say something that would be meaningful, or insightful for our own benefit, or self image. Thinking that we will make ourselves look cool or wise.

I have a couple of friends in the music industry. I was talking to one of them a couple of months ago and he was telling me about how people will wait in line after a show to "pray" for them, or to share a "word" for him or his band. In most cases these are clearly selfish attempts to feel like they've ministered to the band, or something. In very few cases has anything they've spoken had any meaning.

How many times have we found out something about someone else in the church, and then "shared" that with someone, so we can "pray" for them? Too many. That's gossip. Unless someone asks us to tell people, then we are gossiping. It's not our place to vomit up other peoples business for the sake of being in everybody else's crap.

I remember wanting so badly at times to minister to someone or look good in front of others. But keeping my mouth shut and just praying for them because I didn't feel like God was telling me to speak. Another friend of mine said something recently that really confirmed this. She is an amazing artist, and has been given a gift of Prophetic painting. I've seen some of her work and she is talented, but feels like she needs to wait on the Holy Spirit to move her to paint, so it's not just her and her brush but God is actually painting and speaking through her.

That's the posture we should be taking. Not one of pride. Who is being glorified in our Actions and speech? Is it God? Or is it us, feigning like the glory is Gods. He says that in our pride we have received our reward, is that what you want? To be prideful and then Humbled by God, or be humbled and let God to the lifting?