The beginning of strife is like letting out water—so stop a quarrel before it breaks out. Proverbs 17:14, TLV
Stop the Flood! Are there people in your life that test you? Who have the propensity to dance on our last nerve? And they know just the right buttons to push that release anger, depression, and any insecurity we thought we’d dealt with.
In past blogs we spoke about how arrogance produces strife (Proverbs 13:10). I used a lightning bolt to depict strife, but in reality, we have the power to stop that strife in our own life. One way is by not allowing an argument to develop.
As we develop our discernment muscles, we will be able to spot the signs of a leak in the spiritual “dam” before it breaks and floods us with emotions. Have you sensed those warnings to “not go there” but ignored them? When I do that, inevitably the dam breaks and the result is a mess.
What are ways that keep us from heeding that discernment? One way is our need to be right — to point out that person’s arrogance, or error. Most likely, we’ve already tried this way, but the results are always the same: loss of time, a waste of emotions, and no real resolution happened.
Stop the flood. Step away from the temptation to argue it out.
In my opinion, for what it’s worth, unless you have a burning bush
communique from ADONAI [the LORD] Himself, don’t engage. Stop the flood before it begins.
Think More About It
Have you engaged in an argument that you shouldn’t have? Have you walked away and known for certain it was the right thing to do? Or stayed only to lose precious time better spent elsewhere?
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