Proverbs 18:6 KJV
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
The Bible teaches to be active members of society. It expects us to be involved, to be concerned by the events we witness. The problem is that today, we can become aware of so many situations, both near and far, that we can end up involved in too many things. Somehow, our sense of indispensability makes us feel that we need to oversee every needy situation. The result becomes a very stressful life where we have our hands in so many pies that eventually all burn for lack of proper oversight. The worst, is that while we are busy with the good, we often neglect the best. We save the world somewhere else, while we leave our own household in dysfunction.
It can also happens that as we get involved in battles that are not our own, we become the recipients of hurtful blows. We may console ourselves with the idea that we are victims of our own goodness, martyrs for righteousness sake, but maybe we were just fools entering into other people’s business. Our lips entered a contention and as a result, our mouth called for strokes.
May we learn to actively stay away from fights that are not our own. It could be that by getting involved, we keep God from doing His work in people’s lives. It could be that the reason we witness things is only to get actively involved in prayer, in prayer leaving people in God’s perfect will (as opposed to those prayers that portend to tell God what to do).
Here is a good verse about this:
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
The Bible teaches to be active members of society. It expects us to be involved, to be concerned by the events we witness. The problem is that today, we can become aware of so many situations, both near and far, that we can end up involved in too many things. Somehow, our sense of indispensability makes us feel that we need to oversee every needy situation. The result becomes a very stressful life where we have our hands in so many pies that eventually all burn for lack of proper oversight. The worst, is that while we are busy with the good, we often neglect the best. We save the world somewhere else, while we leave our own household in dysfunction.
It can also happens that as we get involved in battles that are not our own, we become the recipients of hurtful blows. We may console ourselves with the idea that we are victims of our own goodness, martyrs for righteousness sake, but maybe we were just fools entering into other people’s business. Our lips entered a contention and as a result, our mouth called for strokes.
May we learn to actively stay away from fights that are not our own. It could be that by getting involved, we keep God from doing His work in people’s lives. It could be that the reason we witness things is only to get actively involved in prayer, in prayer leaving people in God’s perfect will (as opposed to those prayers that portend to tell God what to do).
Here is a good verse about this:
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:17
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