Surrendering & Being Quick to Hear (TMF:1925)

Friday, August 26, 2022
Peace to Live By: Surrendering & Being Quick to Hear (TMF:1925) - Daniel Litton
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       Again, this is how we are firstfruits of all of God’s creation, in that we differentiate between the two. Speaking of this differentiation, James goes on to say in our text today: “Know this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God” (James 1:19, 20, ESV). James touches on behaviors here in how they pertain to how we hear, how we speak, and even any anger that is lurking inside of us. Surrender is going to have to occur in our minds if we are going to be known as a person who is “quick to hear.” What is the opposite of being quick to hear? The opposite would be quick to speak. That’s what James mentions in the next part of our phrase here: “let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak.” Level Three and Level Four people are already going to be good at this to some degree. Level Two people not so much. It takes a surrendering of one’s own opinions, really pride, in order to practice these behaviors.