Verse of the Day 12/29

Through the Bible - Zechariah 13-14, Revelation 20

 

Good morning,

Yesterday we considered making the most of our opportunities.  For today's verse we'll go to Colossians chapter for some advice on what is necessary if we are to be able to do this.

Colossians 4:5-6 (Amplified Bible) Behave yourselves wisely [living prudently and with discretion] in your relations with those of the outside world (the non-Christians), making the very most of the time and seizing (buying up) the opportunity. 

 ⁶Let your speech at all times be gracious (pleasant and winsome), seasoned [as it were] with salt, [so that you may never be at a loss] to know how you ought to answer anyone [who puts a question to you].

If our speech is to be seasoned with grace, with salt, it is to come through the guidance of the Holy Spirit who speaks to us as we read, study, learn, and react upon what God tells us through His Word. Walking in wisdom is listening to His Word, responding to it, responding to His will as He prompts us. 

"God has a story for you. As you listen to the Word of God, and allow the Holy Spirit to plant it in your heart, you will hear the story. It is in the hearing that we learn of the love that casts out our fears. And when we obey that voice of love, we allow God's grace to live and act through us. God's life in us — this is true freedom. " — Rose Marie Miller

May we let God's Word act in and through us in the coming year.

Blessings,
Mike

mikevw@bellsouth.net
mikesvotd.blogspot.com

Colossians 4:2-6 (New King James Version)

Christian Graces

 ² Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; ³ meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, ⁴ that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. ⁶ Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.