Sometimes we are left seemingly speechless. We may desire to strike up a conversation with someone, but no words are there to come out. Sometimes we have difficulty finding the words to say or making those words come out and sometimes we just have nothing to talk about. There are no thoughts there to even formulate into words! I shared some examples of this last week and now I would like to move on and discuss some things that we should learn.
God wants us to talk to Him. God is waiting to hear from you. He desires for you to break the silence and open your heart to Him. There are so many commands in the scriptures to pray and Jesus even gave His own disciples a framework for prayer (the Lord's Prayer). Don't be shy or fearful to talk to God. Just tell Him what's on your heart, thank Him for what He has done for you, and listen to what He speaks to your heart.
God wants us to talk to other people. First of all, you should, of course, talk to your friends and to fellow members of your local church body. It is, after all, supposed to be a united body. We should support each other, be willing to listen when someone needs to talk about something, and give encouragement and advice as needed and directed by God. We should share testimony with one another. If God shows me something neat, I can tell it to you and then we've both learned something! If God has shown you something neat, please tell me! I like to hear from you and it is vital for the church to share the Word amongst its members. All of these same ideas hold with your friends that may not be in the local church. But what about other people? As much as we've talked about difficulty in breaking the silence and beginning conversation when words fail you, I think the biggest trouble is usually finding something to say to a stranger. Well, God wants you to talk to other people. He wants us to tell them about His Love. There are many people out there that need to hear the Word of God. Some of them you have never met. Some of them are at your school or workplace. You know them, but maybe you don't talk to them much, if at all. Or, maybe you talk to them on a daily basis, but you don't know how to bring up spiritual topics. Well, I can't give you particulars on what exactly to say to each person to be able to tell them about God's love. In fact, I can't really give you particulars on to whom all you need to speak. I can tell you to pray about it. If you seek the Lord earnestly, I believe that He will show you what to say and to whom. I think this is also true, by the way, with your friends and fellow Christians in the church. Yeah, we can easily strike up a conversation because we know them and have some sort of connection or something in common. But are you open to the Lord's leading when He gives you an encouraging word for a specific friend or a testimony that will dramatically touch someones life because of a situation that you don't even know about? This is why we need to seek the Lord earnestly in prayer. If we have His heart, we will have something to say.
Matthew 10:19
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Exodus 4:12
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Malachi 3:16
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Let's trust God for the words to say: whether we're talking to Him or sharing Him with others. If you know God, you've got something to say. Say it!
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