Issue 25 - Day 4

2 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 2:15-17
15)  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16)  But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17)  And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

How many people do you know who are full of vain babblings? We have a friend who seems unable to have a conversation in less than the thirty minutes it takes to add on her life story to a simple question, or at least that is how it seems. We live in a society that has to fill every minute of every day with sound. Any silence and people will try to fill it. The result is vain babbling. It is NOT good to talk, it is good to communicate. Whenever I do the school run I am amazed at how many there have moved from vain babbling to fill their empty speech with profanity. In order to fill five minutes with the simple statement, “hello”, they pad their sentences with fifty swear words. What is actually said either numbs the listener so they are insensitive to anything, or hurts when the words themselves are taken at face value.

We have a far better word to speak, yet so often we keep quiet. In the programing world I am continually seeking out new technology and code tricks so i am on the cutting edge and am ready to answer in any situation. In our walk with God we need to do the same. Study the word, then you will be ready to answer anything. If a handyman comes to put up a shelf and forgets to bring his drill they are mocked. If we come to speak to a friend and forget the tools of the Word of God then we also become a mockery. Study, and rightly divide the Word, then rightly divine how to apply it in any situation.