Sometimes people are quite cruel in the way they speak to us or about us. Often it is because they want to make themselves look better or try and prove that they are superior to others. The voice of the crowd can make us lose confidence in our abilities or in our God-given purpose. Take this scripture passage as an example - Sennacherib's men tried their hardest to strike doubt and fear into the minds of the Israelites, calling out all kinds of lies and threats. They made the fateful error of ridiculing Yahweh and claiming that God was just like all the other 'fake' gods.
2 Chronicles 32:16-18 -"Sennacherib’s
officers spoke further against the Lord God and against his servant
Hezekiah. 17 The king also wrote letters ridiculing the Lord, the God of Israel, and saying this against him: ‘Just as the gods of
the peoples of the other lands did not rescue their people from my hand, so the
god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand.’ 18 Then
they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to
terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. 19 They
spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other
peoples of the world – the work of human hands."
Remember that the first voice worth listening too is the voice of Christ. Jesus seeks to speak TRUTH, HOPE and LOVE into our souls.
The crowds may shout louder, but they often don't have our best interests at heart.
"The longest sword;
The strongest lungs,
The most voices,
Are false measures of TRUTH." - Benjamin Whichcote
Living in Grace
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