There is so much to what every believer has got to learn and
there is really never an end to how much you can learn if you open your heart
to keep learning. Now, of all the things you can learn, there are certain
things that are extremely vital to know at certain times, because the knowledge
of those things or the lack of it, will be a great determinant to how your life
will turn out. I believe that learning to use the vocabulary of silence and the
confession of faith in the times that we are now falls within this purview.
As you may very well know, the world is in a crisis, and not
even our nation is exempted from the challenges that has come upon our world. It
is like the scripture described in Isaiah 60, that darkness shall cover the
earth and gross darkness the people, but God’s people have been exempted. The interesting
thing however is that, although God has exempted His people from the darkness
that has come upon this world, many of God’s people are forcefully partaking in
it by their words.
The scriptures tell us that life and death are in the power
of the tongue, i.e. there is no greater determinant to your choice of life or
death other than by what comes out of your mouth. If you choose to partake in
the darkness that has come upon the world or our nation, all you have to do is
to keep up with the confession of how difficult things are for you, how you are
unable to make progress or achieve anything because of the economy and all of
such talk. The bottom line is that such confessions will only get you into more
trouble. You will descend more and more into the darkness if you keep up those
confessions. You may argue that you don’t know what else to say seeing that the
challenges are right before you or you may argue that you are just being honest
(Read my article – Can I just be honest or should I say the truth?). Well here is
the importance of learning the vocabulary of silence.
Using the vocabulary of silence means you simply do not say
anything if you don’t know what to say or until you learn the appropriate thing
to say. It is not uncommon for believers to find themselves among a group,
where people are discussing how hard things are for them or how difficult it is
to get by in the country today, and all that type of talk. You may not be able
to excuse yourself from those discussions, but you also don’t have to
participate in them. Learn the vocabulary of silence, keep your mouth closed! You
don’t have to keep the confession of failure and lack just so you could
participate in the discussion or keep up the gist with your colleagues. Learn to
keep quiet if the discussion doesn’t concern you or doesn’t agree with what the
word of God says about you. I know there are times that people are discussing
in a group about how bad things are and how difficult it is to get by, you may
not be able to overturn such discussion with your faith talks, so you may as
well stay off. Don’t puncture your own faith simply because you want to belong
or keep up with a gist, learn to stand alone and be quiet where you have to.
On the other hand, those type of discussions that are geared towards
how bad things are, are most likely the best opportunities to make your
confession of faith and testify to your exemption. Stand by the confession that
it will be for you as the Word of God says, rather than as it appears at that
instance. As I think of this, I think of several discussions with people where I
missed the opportunity to take a bold stand and make a great confession of my faith
in the face of prevailing darkness, and I had to go over that faith circle all
over again. I also think of some of the greatest moment of my life, as I made
that great confession when and where it was most unpopular to do so, and the
results are still evident in my life today. I encourage you not to shy away
from your faith and the Word of God. If you have no reason to participate in a
discussion because of the direction of the discussion, apply the vocabulary of
silence and stay away from the discussion rather than short circuit your faith,
but better still is to uphold the confession of your faith regardless of where
the discussion is headed.
Several prophetic words have come for believers this season,
to say that we have been exempted from the crisis that has come upon the world,
but not too many believers are taking heed. I urge you to take a new turn from
this point forward, and make a quality decision not to partake in the world’s
darkness by your own words. You will always find the opportunity not to violate
your conscience as you practice using the vocabulary of silence and the confession
of faith, and that will put a testimony of praise on your lips constantly.
Shalom!
N.B
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