An Apt Reply

 

“A person finds joy in giving an apt reply…”

—Proverbs 15:23a

Certain disciplines in the Christian life bring with them great benefit. Taking time at the beginning of each day to let God speak to us through His written Word, the Bible, gives us an opportunity to store up valuable truth in our minds and hearts.

The companion discipline of then talking to God in prayer gives us an opportunity to share with Him our inmost thoughts and desires. Our relationship with God is definitely a two-way experience. He talks to us through His written Word. We talk to Him in prayer.

A very practical outcome of these daily disciplines is that having “listened” to God and “talked” to Him, we will be all the more prepared to share God’s truth with those who cross our pathway. These daily disciplines will give us courage, strength, and perseverance.

King Solomon understood the importance of having just the right words to say to someone who asks us a spiritual question. Notice what he wrote in Proverbs 15:23:

A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—and how good is a timely word!

Let’s determine to start our day reading God’s written Word and talking to Him in prayer. Doing so will bring us light, understanding, peace, and also prepare us to give “an apt reply.”

 

Based on a blog originally posted on Monday, August 17, 2015

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