Day 18: Be a Heart Whisperer (transcript)

Read the Word: Col. 4:5-6, Gal. 5:13-15 Read today’s scriptures and take note of anything that catches your heart. What do you observe that God might want you to single out and pray about? Write down your observations.

We live in an age where calling people out is an art form. Christians and non-Christians excel at naming names anonymously. One look at Twitter or Facebook can break the hardest heart. Paul referred to this practice in Galatians as “biting and devouring one another.” He admonished his readers to remember that their freedom was not to be used to indulge in the flesh, but to serve one another in humble love.

“For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Gal 5:14)

In his book, The Gentle Answer, Scott Sauls makes the observation that Jesus knew how to talk to people’s hearts, and rarely pointed at their actions. In a world where hearts are heavy with shame and hopelessness, that would be a good skill to have, don’t you think? We need to learn how to be heart whisperers like Jesus. Our conversations should always be full of grace and flavorful. We need to nourish one another. (Col. 4:6) A heart whisperer knows exactly how to answer everyone’s needs.

It’s easy to speak our mind and give our opinion about anything and everything. Our conversation should be so uniquely full of love and grace that people will know there is something different about us. Jesus is calling us to learn to listen to the heart by drawing people to His love. Instead of needing to have the last word, we need to have the best word.

Wait in prayer: Write out a prayer asking God to help you learn how to make every conversation one that lifts up and encourages. Ask Him to help you learn to answer hostility with gentleness and not to react to what you see. Ask Him to help you forsake any us-against-them attitudes you might be hanging on to.

Worship: Does Anybody Hear Her? performed by Casting Crowns

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