Self- confident fools

A [self-confident] fool has no delight in understanding but only in revealing his personal opinions {and} himself. Proverbs 18:2

Are we constantly talking about ourselves...our lives at work? Do we always talk about how good God has been to me ...and how wonderful MY life is....or the other extreme...how terrible this always happens to ME.... and I know why ....it's because ...I didn't pray this morning or I ........notice the attitute about "self".

Referring to ourselves and our experiences is a good thing...in order to build someone up. How far do we go?

What we see in the above proverb is ..." DELIGHT in understanding"......I am supposed to have joy in understanding my co-worker, or my friend.

Getting to know your colleague is essential to sharing the love of God in your workplace. And to get to know them, we need to adopt measures to understand them.

How?

Step 1. Listen. Listening to their needs that lie behind their expressions....listening to what they are truly saying ...through their being.

Step 2. Learn. Learn about him/her. Which means not asking a string of questions...but observing, and learning through love.

Step 3. Lower yourself. The Bible says to hold others in high esteem. When you do that and step into their shoes, you understand them better. Stop talking about yourself and thinking about how things affect you or who likes you...and lower yourself...and think of the other.

You will move closer to understanding the other person. And delight in doing it.

You will see a change when YOU become the change.

Are you considered a self-confident fool? Now you know why.

Saying is not enough!

"And if you are confident that you [yourself] are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, and [that You are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and truth--

Well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you teach against stealing, do you steal (take what does not really belong to you)?
You who say not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery [are you unchaste in action or in thought]? You who abhor {and} loathe idols, do you rob temples [do you appropriate to your own use what is consecrated to God, thus robbing the sanctuary and doing sacrilege]?
You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law [by stealthily infringing upon or carelessly neglecting or openly breaking it]? Romans 2: 20 - 23

I put the words that are in the parenthesis in bold lettering because they never catch our eye.

Are we unchaste in action and thought? Ha, that's a good question.

More than teaching through saying and words....it's important to live and do what we believe.

That's what is "making disciples...". If you are looking to draw people to the love of Jesus, love them first.

Our words and deeds should be the same.....that's when we can be a true leader.

Think on this.

The most difficult thing...

Yeah. Wonder what that is. I can take anything in my stride. Today's generation knows how to talk. But when something tough actually happens..... they run or hide or halt mid-step or just fall.
Can you take an unjust accusation? Do you always PROVE that you are right? I do, most of the time...just read on...


I read in the Bible today, in I Peter Chapter 2 verse 18 - " servants must submit to your masters and show them complete respect, not only to those kind and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.".....OUCH.

Man, he is so rude to me..what did I do to him ...such an awful boss! We hear this all the time.

Allow me to continue...." GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR THIS, if you endure the pain of undeserved suffering because YOU ARE CONSCIOUS OF HIS WILL. "

And... verse 21 - " It was to this that GOD CALLED YOU, for CHRIST Himself suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps."


What have been called to do ? ENDURE.


Endure what? The pain of undeserved suffering. No, I am not saying that you should bring suffering upon yourself. Please don't get me wrong. But if you do undergo something untoward that you feel you don't deserve, then don't worry, we are all called to endure. For Christ endured, for the joy that was set before HIM.


And in verse 15 - " for God wants you to silence the ignorant talk of foolish people by the good things you do."


You are called for a higher purpose. One that GOD Himself guides you in.


Unjust treatment at work? Repay it with good , from the heart, for this is God's will. Not to repay by unleashing it on the media or on your blog, but to ENDURE.


verse 23 - "When He was insulted, He did not answer back with an insult; when He suffered He did not threaten, but PLACED HIS HOPES in GOD, the Righteous Judge."


Chapter 3 verse 8: "To conclude, you must all have the same attitude and the same feelings; love one another as brothers, and be kind and humble with one one another.

Do not pay back evil for evil or cursing with cursing; instead pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised you when He called you. "


Especially in your work environment.