Proverbs 17:4
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
The old adage ‘ a man is known by the company he keeps’ could define this proverb. Whereas ‘we are what we eat’, we seem to also be what we listen to.
The pure can only listen to pure speech; the impure doesn’t mind reveling in lies and corruption. This may apply to our listening habits of all sorts. Like children, we are all guilty of selective hearing; we hear certain things better than others. Our mental taste buds have also been affected by this ‘selectivism’; we actually enjoy to listen to certain things better than others.
Are we as quick t hear and believe the positive about people as we are the negative? Do we tune in quicker to the sirens of Babylon than to good healthy listening? Do we enjoy nice juicy gossips? Can this proverb be the touchstone of our media intake diet? What is the general composition of our daily reading, TV watching, music intake, movie types, magazine rack, discussion with friends or even types of friends? And what about our inner speech? Sometimes we can be our own bad company.
After this Passover, we can make all the resolutions we can about changing from an ungodly Egyptian culture to a Godly one, but if we do not put feet to this resolution by reviewing what we do on a daily basis, we are fooling ourselves. Unless we improve our environment and habits, Egypt stays with us. Sad to say it is easier to take the man out of Egypt, than to take Egypt out of the man.
Let us rid ourselves of Egypt by ‘cleaning our ears’, physical, inner and spiritual. After this week of unleavened, we have all now been baptized in the Red Sea crossing, so, Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1 Corinthians 5:7
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
The old adage ‘ a man is known by the company he keeps’ could define this proverb. Whereas ‘we are what we eat’, we seem to also be what we listen to.
The pure can only listen to pure speech; the impure doesn’t mind reveling in lies and corruption. This may apply to our listening habits of all sorts. Like children, we are all guilty of selective hearing; we hear certain things better than others. Our mental taste buds have also been affected by this ‘selectivism’; we actually enjoy to listen to certain things better than others.
Are we as quick t hear and believe the positive about people as we are the negative? Do we tune in quicker to the sirens of Babylon than to good healthy listening? Do we enjoy nice juicy gossips? Can this proverb be the touchstone of our media intake diet? What is the general composition of our daily reading, TV watching, music intake, movie types, magazine rack, discussion with friends or even types of friends? And what about our inner speech? Sometimes we can be our own bad company.
After this Passover, we can make all the resolutions we can about changing from an ungodly Egyptian culture to a Godly one, but if we do not put feet to this resolution by reviewing what we do on a daily basis, we are fooling ourselves. Unless we improve our environment and habits, Egypt stays with us. Sad to say it is easier to take the man out of Egypt, than to take Egypt out of the man.
Let us rid ourselves of Egypt by ‘cleaning our ears’, physical, inner and spiritual. After this week of unleavened, we have all now been baptized in the Red Sea crossing, so, Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1 Corinthians 5:7
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