"NOT TO QUARREL ABOUT WORDS!"

2 Timothy 2:14-15                     (ESV)
"14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before GOD "NOT TO QUARREL ABOUT WORDS", which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
15 DO YOUR BEST to present yourself to GOD as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the WORD of TRUTH."



There are times when I am moved to just "BE STILL" in HIS presence and to fully experience that HE IS GOD!  As I was reviewing scripture this morning, I could not get passed 2 Timothy 2:15.  The King James Version uses the words "study to show thyself approved unto GOD", in other words, stay in GOD's WORD and let IT guide your life.  Regardless, to get so caught up with the cares of "this world" that we don't take time to spend a few minutes of each day with THE CREATOR (Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:16) of the Heavens and the earth is kind of like saying our schedule is more important than HIS Plan for our lives!

GOD has really been dealing with me about using "flowery words" when writing about what HE is saying to me.  There are times when displaying we are literate is required, but there are sometimes that what needs to be said just needs to be said with no "QUARRELING ABOUT WORDS"!  We can attempt to use WORDS that are less offensive and are "more palatable", but scripture says that THE WORD of GOD "is sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and Spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart". (Hebrews 4:12).  The author of 2 Timothy instructs "NOT TO QUARREL ABOUT WORDS", rather to DO YOUR BEST to present yourself to GOD!  HE knows our "thoughts and intentions"!

We can get all worked up about WORDS (theology, church rules and regulations, etc...) and totally miss the boat when it comes to presenting ourselves to GOD!  We would do ourselves a tremendous favor if we "NOT QUARREL ABOUT WORDS" and instead focused on worshipping the true and living GOD!  Let "he who hath ears to hear" receive these words in the Spirit in which they are written!!