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13…Consider the Source

Good morning! When I was little and someone would say something unkind to me, usually a mean comment about my speech problems, my dad would always say, “Consider the source.” As a kid, I never totally understood the point he was trying to make, but I get it now. If you’ve lived any years at all, you know that everyone has an opinion about everything. Some people believe that everyone they come in contact with needs to hear their opinion. I think the important thing we need to consider is what we do with our opinions. The negative opinions of others can sidetrack us in an instant, if we value what they say more than what we know is true through the Lord. We don’t need to consider any source that doesn’t line up with God’s word. Opinions that try to sway us away from what God has instructed us to do are not opinions we need to listen to.

You can normally tell within minutes of talking with someone if they are a positive or a negative person. I think what my dad was trying to tell me was the same thing we read about in Matthew 7:13-29. In these verses, Jesus was explaining how you could tell if people were His followers. He said you would know by the fruits of their lives. Both my Heavenly Father and my earthly father were telling me to stick with those people bearing good fruit and steer clear of the rotten ones. So, what sources are you listening to? May I suggest that you carefully select the people in your life that you go to for advice. We need people that will encourage us with good, positive, and Godly wisdom. We need to surround ourselves with those fellow Believers that bear good fruit. My prayer for us is that we will be one of those people who lift others up!