Engage How?

If you’re going to jump into the fray of public discourse, what’s your plan? How do you mean to engage? Who are you taking your cues from? Why are you there and what is it you want to accomplish? These are all questions I’m asking myself. FAR more importantly I’m asking the Lord these questions. I hope you are too.

If you know you’re meant to engage, it’s imperative you know what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. And remember, we are sons and daughters of Father God. Who, what, why and how trickle down from Him to us. We are not trying to form our own game plan, we are seeking to know His. That means for every moment we engage, there ought to be infinitely more moments spent on our knees earnestly seeking wisdom and guidance from our Father. The bulk of our investment in using the voice God has given to us must be spent in a listening posture.

James reminds us God is ready to give wisdom in generous portions to those with singular focus. Solomon taught us__ the voice of wisdom is strong and eager to be heard, “Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks” (Proverbs 19:2-21). You and I cannot open our mouths without this wisdom. And we cannot open our mouths without a storehouse full of the fruit of the Holy Spirit to share. Truth and love are meant to be gifted in tandem.

And maybe this is the point for me today. What we have to offer was gifted to us. It was gifted by God irrespective of the quality of my heart or my weak, flaw-laden beliefs. I’d like to emulate Jesus every single time I engage. That means I’m going to open my mouth with the desire to give (my new word for entering the fray) as winsomely as I received. Love and compassion will drive my efforts just as they drove my Savior.

See you “at the head of the noisy streets”. Meet you first at the Throne of Grace. – Anne