1 Kings 3:9 (NKJV) 9 Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
A servant’s heart needs to be an understanding heart.
To have an understanding heart we have to be willing to listen to God and to others. We have to listen a lot and not be selective, but pay attention to what is being said.
If we only listen to those things that tickle our ears or sound pretty, then we really aren’t going to get much out of it.
If we only listen to those people that agree with us on everything, then we will never learn or be challenged to research or dig in and find the truth in certain subjects.
We should be able to listen to people, whether we agree with them or not.
It doesn’t mean we automatically take what they are saying as truth. But we listen and discern. This will help us to get understanding and see where they are coming from.
We’ve got to have patience and listen if we want our understanding to be at its best.
If we want to help others or get help for ourselves, we have to be willing to listen. We can’t be the one that likes to run away when we hear anything other than what we want to hear.
We are not runners. We stand on the truth, and we help others at times to stand too.
Even though there will be many times in our lives when we don’t agree with people, we should, as children of God, be able to have a civilized conversation with them.
We shouldn’t be rude, arrogant, impatient or lacking compassion.
We should, in fact, be the opposite, showing sincerity of heart and wanting to understand.
That doesn’t mean we can’t stand up for ourselves at times if we don’t agree with what we are hearing.
It just means that we need to hear them out and let the Holy Spirit lead us, so we can be as wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove.
Matthew 10:16 (NKJV) 16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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