Heb 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
If you haven’t noticed my quiet times are centered in Hebrews for now.
I don’t know about your relationship but in mine, my husband likes to “talk” things out. Which usually ends up with him twisting words and slander. Then when he asks what I think he becomes so angry he sometimes just walks right out of the room. Mind you I don’t yell, slander or name call- do not answer a fool according to his folly, I beg the LORD for just the right answer, because I may only have one chance to speak. I may either, let him know if he uttered a lie about me, if he is bitter to our son, I ask him to repeat twisted thoughts, ask for definitions to his words, ask how his words measure up with the Word of God. I keep it simple and to the point. I don’t want to argue, I want him to “get it”…then wait for the Lord to do His work.
The verses below helped me to see where he is at.
Hebrew 5
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
He is not able to discern both good and evil. Well he thinks he is good and I am evil…but that is another story. He studies the Bible for HOURS! Yet he has no understanding in application…he is Unskillful in the word of righteousness. There is NO fruit of the Spirit in his life, so then what other fruit is there?
When I get the opportunity to talk which can be several weeks interum, I keep it to the point and stay with Truth. But he is very “Forgetful”, he doesn’t remember anything after a day or two. If I try to bring up the issue after that, he becomes irate and says that it was already dealt with. I don’t know how walking out of the room is considered dealing with it, but to him the conversation was over.
So the verse at the top really struck me as to exhort him daily and not wait weeks while his heart gets consistently hardened. I truly will be waiting on the Spirit to guide and direct me, because I don’t want this to be misconstruded as Nagging.
We seemed to be going in circles- Husband gets mad, We Talk, He leaves, He Get’s over it, Then He thinks life is GREAT- About 3 weeks later same thing all over again!
So after pouring out my hear telling Him that I was tired of going down the same path and everything ending the same way; it was as if the Lord said, “Well, take a different Path…”
So as I wash myself in His Word, and search my own heart and mind and seek HIS guidance and direction…I am taking steps down a “New Path” Where the Truth of God’s word will prevail and not the Lies uttered by man.
blessings
