"STUDY TO BE QUIET'"

"STUDY TO BE QUIET!"

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12  KJV
"And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."

At times in my past, I have not been the most easy person to miss when you walked into a room.  To say I was a little LOUD would be a mild understatement!

When the Apostle Paul wrote this passage in the first century, I am sure he did not know that I would be coming around two thousand years or so later!  But GOD did!  And in 2 Timothy 3:16 Paul wrote "All scripture is given by inspiration of God!"

Yes, GOD knew that I would need to see "Study to be quiet"!  I need to do my own business and work with my own hands also.  I need to be about the Father's call on my life and leave the details up to HIM.  THEN I will be able to minister to those HE sends my way.

It is so frustrating to see a need and not have means to fulfill the need. It has been awhile since I had to "STUDY" for school.  But I remember having to focus on the task at hand. To "STUDY" to be quiet may take a little effort. A person may not need a sermon near as much as they need a hand getting "out of the ditch"!  The Holy Spirit can minister.  All I need to do is make sure I am obedient when someone is sent my way!

FATHER, help me "STUDY TO BE QUIET" and to allow YOUR SPIRIT do the ministering!