“IRREVERENT BABBLE!”

 2 Timothy 2:14-17a                    (ESV

A Worker Approved by GOD

“[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. [16] But AVOID “IRREVERENT BABBLE”, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, [17] and their talk will spread like gangrene.”

Having a decision in your future that has the opportunity to place you where you are able to HEAR from ALMIGHTY GOD can be a “tricky” thing!!  WHO we listen to has a very important role.  We can listen to “wise counsel” or we can listen to “IRREVERENT BABBLE” that brings confusion and chaos??

Surely nobody would CHOOSE on their own to listen to “IRREVERENT BABBLE” before making a decision about what GOD would have them do??  But HOW DO YOU KNOW what GOD is doing and avoid the “IRREVERENT BABBLE” from “this world”??  In 1 Kings 19:12 Elijah is being SPOKEN to by ALMIGHTY GOD WHO instructed Elijah to listen for a “low whisper”!!  A “low whisper” CANNOT be heard unless you are INTENTLY wanting to HEAR the MESSAGE!!

“IRREVERENT BABBLE” leads to hearing from “the enemy” confusion that is FAR AWAY from the TRUTH we are searching for in our lives!  When we RIGHTLY HANDLE THE WORD OF TRUTH it WILL CHANGE our lives in ways that are IMPOSSIBLE to comprehend. But we have to get away from the noise of “this world” and listen for a “low whisper”!!

FATHER IN HEAVEN, cause me to GET AWAY FROM “this world” and HEAR TRUTH from YOU!!!  We CANNOT HEAR TRUTH when we are listening to “IRREVERENT BABBLE” from the great deceiver (Revelation 12:9)!!!