I was looking up verses today on communication and I ran into Deuteronomy 6:5-12.
5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
10 “And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you–with great and good cities that you did not build,
11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant–and when you eat and are full,
12 then take care lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
I used to mainly focus on v.7 and think of how I would reach and teach the next generation. It dawned on me today that v.7 would be very difficult if I didn’t love the Lord with all my heart, soul and might i.e. v.5, and didn’t have His commandments on my heart i.e. v.6. In other words, I cannot effectively “communicate” to my kids if I’m not “filling my mind” with Him. There is a prerequisite for good and meaningful communication with other people. It is about communing with Him all day.
The bible is clear that as a man thinks so is he – Pro 23:7. The bible is also clear that when we fill ourselves with God’s word we will be communicating in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs – Col 3:16. If we don’t fill ourselves with God’s word, we will fill ourselves the things of the world. There is no time when a person’s heart is NOT filled. If it isn’t being filled then the person is as good as NOT thinking which does not happen. When we fill our hearts, the abundance will overflow out of our mouths (Mat 12:34), and what is then communicated is nothing but a state of the heart.
Added to that He instructs me to put physical reminders all around me that will always remind of who He is and what He has done in the lives of other people. What are the physical reminders I put in front of me is something I do not really do well. It is easy to forget spiritual things when there are a myriad of distractions. Physical reminders are great to stay focused.
The Christian saturated with God will be an excellent communicator.
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What a dirty word Christian has become, but that is what I am. I am not ashamed to suffer in the same ways that Jesus Christ, himself, suffered. He is Lord of my life, it is what I'm called to do.
However, I wasn't always living like this was the case. I was a temple that put herself up for sale to the enemy. Before escrow closed, however, God met me at my lowest place and delivered me.
For that I'm exceedingly grateful, and find not other way of glorify the Lord by helping others avoid the same pitfalls and encourage other girls if they find them struggling against the world's system.
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