Sometimes we think we've got it all figured out - the answers to complicated matters in life, the reasons why people act the way they do, who to expect what kind of behavior from, what habits to eliminate and what to cultivate to become a better person, how a church should and shouldn't be, how things should run in our country, what sort of future we are paving for ourselves and sometimes even foreseeing the future of others on behalf of those who haven't figured out yet. It all falls in place snugly in our minds and our logic makes perfect sense to us.
Yet the moment we speak so confidently of our know it alls, a little droplet of wisdom from above gets washed away. The second we mount on the high horse of our fine reviews and opinions, yet another seat for humility is bucked off the saddle, another door for grace is closed shut.
All this while we (may) already know (no matter how loud our voices may be to deafen this truth) that there is one God who does know it all and in fact wants us to discover the 'answers' to these things - only if and when His word, His opinion, supersedes ours. This is the same God today as the one who once physically stood among us, and in all His omniscience, held back his words from those who outrightly challenged him even though he could see right through their hearts and could've definitely wowed the crowd in all his perfect wisdom by disclosing Right On highly classified information about each challenger and proving all their ill opinions wrong. He chose not to.
The heart, mind and tongue will always choose to submit and glorify His true words over ours whenever we tap into godly wisdom and gradually learn His absolute truth of things. Slowly we realize the vastness of things; we realize that the surest bets we had on topics of discussions now come with stuff we had once failed to see. We trade our limited thoughts for an overflow of God's heart for His people - we trade them for His perspective on things. We will speak the truth in love.
So sometimes we just have to breathe in, listen more, draw conclusions a little slower, make witty comments even slower and speak last. Sometimes it's not even about what we think of things. Sometimes I just have to absorb instruction before I secrete opinion. Sometimes I just have to want to understand what good can come out of the not so/not as good before I make convenient critiques.
Most times it's all about meek inconvenience.
