Mind your own business!
July 2nd, 2008 by AngelosI Thessalonians 4:9 & 11 “But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another…”
11 “…that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.”
Happiness comes with a quiet and tranquil life;
Proverbs 14:30 “A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.”
Many times we just stick our noses in the wrong places, for all of the wrong reasons. There ARE times to exhort one another in love;
I Thes. 2:3 “For our exhortation did not come from error or uncleanness, nor was it in deceit.”
However too often we fall into what the Bible refers to as “busybodies.”
2 Thessalonians 3:11 “For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.”
I Tim. 5:13 “And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.”
So, if you aren’t part of the problem, or part of the solution, leave it alone. Not doing so is considered gossip, and God’s Word has a few things to say on that topic as well;
James 3:2-5 “For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!”
So do not add to the fire!!!
Proverbs 26:20 “Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.”
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business.
Angelos
