Scripture:
To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 (Amplified)
Observation:
The goal is to live a life that is quiet and peaceful; minding your own affairs. In other words, not to be a busy body. Quiet not so much meaning without noise, but without clatter, without distraction. When we get into things that are not for us to get into, our lives can get chaotic. We are taking on things that weren’t assigned to us. We miss things that are. When we tend to our business, we have the anointing from God to do what it takes to do it right. The old adage “mind your own business” although was normally spoken negatively, has great truth to it!
Application:
I have been learning quickly that there is much truth to this. God forewarns us to the tendencies that come naturally for us… to help others out. There is good to that, but when our motives are not pure or not wise, we can get ourselves into a mess. Hallelujah for the Holy Spirit who directs our every step! We can lean on Him to tell us if the situation is something that we are called to participate in, or if it is a distraction from something just around the corner that the Lord has appointed us for.
How will I be different today because of what I have just read?
I will continue to seek the Holy Spirit every morning to orchestrate my day with what needs to be handled or not. I will trust Him only to determine what is my business and what is not.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I thank you for a heart of compassion. And I thank you that I can lean on you, trust you to use that heart of compassion in a way that honors your name. Protect me from interfering or just being plain nosy and getting into things that are not affairs that you have called me to. Thank you in advance for discernment to know the difference between what is a concern and a responsibility. Lord you are Good! All the time… In Jesus mighty name… amen
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