-Meditation-

1 Samuel 2:3

--TheSecretPlace--

So this verse is pretty interesting to me, and I will go ahead and put it up here. This is Hannah speaking.

³ "Do not keep talking so proudly
or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
for the LORD is a God who knows,
and by him deeds are weighed.

I think Hannah is talking towards Peninnah when she is saying this, but I am just going to look at it, and take it on like she is talking to us. To me. What she is saying applies to a few points that I would like to make, and that I would like to penetrate my heart. =]

Here she says in these words, Do not keep talking proudly, and one thing I think about is that so often as Christians we fall into ways of even speaking that are prideful, and even when we don't think about it we speak in ways that are... fill in the blank-prideful, arrogant, judgemental, just plain mean. We too often fall into bad habits of speech, and what we don't realize is how effective our words are in setting the atmosphere of where ever we are.

Our words have so much effect even in the heavenly realms, and I know that too often my speech does not have the greatest influence on the atmosphere.

I need to repent of speaking in ways that are prideful towards God, and towards others. I want to be a person of noble speech, I want to set an example in speech(1 Timothy 4:12)

I know that something needs to be done in the way we speak to others. One thing I have found, and know to be true is that people love to talk about themselves, and that is okay because I believe the LORD made us to be that way so that we would talk to Him, and He loves it when we talk to Him about what is going on with us, but I also know that He also has so much to say to our hearts about what He is doing, and how He loves us, and just a lot of things that are also important. In the same way that we love to talk about ourselves, others love to talk about themselves, and even those who say they don't, even while they say that, I believe they enjoy saying that, because it is about themselves. =]

There is so much we can learn from Christ by the way He speaks to us, and listens to us. He speaks to us really on our behalf, so that we can know Him like we were made to know Him, and He loves to listen to us, He doesn't tire in hearing our voices. In the same way we should make it a goal that when we speak, we speak on the behalf of others, meaning talk about what they like to talk about, and about what will benefit them, and listen to what they have to say. Leave them with encouraging words instead of making the whole conversation be about you.

It is humbling at times, but that is the whole point. We want to be people with humble hearts, who are not prideful, and one of the best ways to minister to others is to be self-less, and humble in speaking to them, that opens so many doors to tell them about Jesus, because it is like you are being Jesus to them. That is why we are called CHRISTIANS.

The next thing Hannah says is to not let your mouth speak such arrogance. That is how she puts it, and the thing I want to highlight about this is that she says to not LET yourself speak in arrogance... Do not LET yourself speak in ways that dishonor Christ, and others.

I believe that the LORD is raising up a movement of prayer warriors, and young people really, but I believe that will only happen if we purify our speech. We cannot have a good influence on people if our speech is not Christ like. I believe when Hannah said to not let your mouth speak in arrogance she was pointing out to us that you have complete control over everything that comes out of your mouth, and as Jesus said what comes from your mouth is the overflow of your heart. So we need to make sure that we are constantly letting Holy Spirit fill us with the things, and thoughts of God, so when we begin to speak to others they would feel, and know that they are speaking to a representative of Jesus Christ.

The next thing Hannah says is that The LORD is a God who knows, our God knows all. It is by Him, and to Him, and through Him that all things were made. BY HIM TO HIM and THROUGH HIM are ALL THINGS. He knows everything about us, He knows our frame. He knows that we are but dust. He knows. He knows when we fall, and when we rise, and He is worthy of our praise, and adoration, HE is worthy of us devoting our speech to, and He is wanting to help us in all that we do to live better lives, and to help us to get closer to Him.

I encourage you to devote your speech to the LORD, and you will literally feel the atmosphere around you change, when you speak positively others notice.

The last thing she says in this verse is that by the LORD deeds are weighed. So like the LORD knows all you do, and He knows everything about you, and in righteousness, and in justice your deeds are weighed, and the deeds of every person. In the day of judgement He will judge the nations and every single person by their deeds. He weighs our deeds. That makes me want to think twice before do something foolish, but we can always know that there is forgiveness to those who truly repent of their wicked ways, and there is always grace for those truly seeking the face of God.

This is our Jesus, God became a man, and He took on the flesh, and went to the cross, and died a dreadful death. He loved us to the point of death. He became a man, and lived as a human being without sinning, and He made a way, He paved the way for us to be with Him forever, and He knows that we will fall, yes He weighs our deeds, but really for His children when we truly repent, and He washes away our sins, HE WASHES AWAY OUR SINS. He doesn't keep up with our sins, because in Him we are spotless, and righteous. In His eyes He sees us clean, and cleansed! This is the God we serve. He is a good good God. He keeps no record of sin, and HE LOVES US WITH ALL HE IS. His love is what ministers to the hearts of men. He is a good, loving God, and when we catch a glimpse of Him, when we see Him for who He is, there is no way we can deny His love, and He wants us to experience His love, He wants us to feel the warmth of His love, and He has made a way for us to do just that in grace.

I invite you to run after God with all you are, and He will encounter you, He will pour out His Spirit on you, and in the most amazing ways you will experience His love.

---Intercession---

Father, Thank You so much for Your great great love. Thank you for doing all you do to get our hearts engaged with Yours. You are greater, and better, and sweeter than all I know, and all we know, and right now God, I just want to ask you to encounter every person reading this, and encounter me, and all of those who claim to be Yours, and I just pray that You would break into our lives with a deep deep revelation of Your LOVE. Thank You already for the ways You are going to do this God, and for the ways you are, and the ways you are going to reveal yourself. I just ask Father that You would make Yourself known. We love You God, You are so so good. Thank You for all You are doing. In Jesus Name I just pray that You would pull many many people into Your kingdom God, and that You would make Yourself known as You are to them, and to us. We love You Jesus. In Jesus Name. Amen.