AVOID FOOLISH DEBATES. Titus 3:9

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I love a good debate. We could talk for hours about law and grace, or about predestination and free will. We could spend the weekend debating all the ways God demonstrates His sovereignty over things that seem totally random and absurd. Or we could while away the hours expressing gratitude for the infinite mercies He shows us in the weather, in nature, in our day-to-day lives, and on and on.

There are so many ways to build one another up and have great fellowship with other believers.

But there are also so many ways to have conversations that tear people down, that take us into dark places and ungodly subjects. Discuss crime if you must, even murder and war. But monitor the tone of the discussion: are we hopeful? Are we trusting in God? Or have we forgotten that He is on the throne?

Lost people can so easily draw us into their world. We live there. We are entertained there. We KNOW those stories. We watch their movies, read their books, binge their shows. We are accustomed to their world, and it is a world where God is absent, or if He exists, He never gets involved. We know that mindset. Like a football player snapping on his helmet, we can lock our heads right into that worldview.

But WHY?

Paul writes:

“But avoid foolish debates, genealogies, quarrels, and disputes about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless” Titus 3:9

These words tell me to stop talking about politics. Not just politics, but inflation, COVID, the vaccine “debates,” the numerous conspiracy theories being advanced by Republicans and Democrats alike, rumors and allegations of all kinds. And I’m not saying those things are not real—there may be valid points on all sides. But the debates are “UNPROFITABLE AND WORTHLESS.”

God, give us the wisdom to stop talking. To just be quiet and AVOID FOOLISH DEBATES. Focus our minds on You and all the great things You are doing in the world today!

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*I took the above photo at Lake Buchanan, August 18, 2020.

“Gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober” 1 Peter 1:13.

“Prove all things. Hold fast to that which is good” 1 Thessalonians 5:21.

Published by Steven Wales

Dad's Daily Devotional began as text messages to my family. I wanted my teenagers to know their father was reading the Bible. But they were at school by then. Initially, I sent them a favorite verse or an insight based on what I read each day. That grew into drafting a devotional readng which I would send them via text. I work as an attorney and an adjunct professor, and recently wrote a book called HOW TO MAKE A'S.

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