Think On It

One of the many things I have learnt in life is to think deeply; to consider and/or turn things over in my mind. I must admit though that I sometimes over think things, which can be bad too; but, in my opinion, not as bad as not thinking enough before we act or speak. I still make a lot of mistakes because I sometimes make jokes that are often misconstrued, so I have to try even harder. It is easy to think the people around you understand you so well that you can’t be misunderstood but it is not always so. Many relationships and even lives have been destroyed because someone didn’t think enough. It is also very easy to assume that because one was emotional, it is okay for them to speak without thinking, but the impact of those words spoken in that emotional state may be irreparable. It is human to be emotional but we have to think before we speak and when we are too tired to think, I suggest it is best to remain quiet; indeed one may be considered smarter than they are just because their words are few. Furthermore, it is wise to do so because God counsels that we do so and there is none wiser than the He in whom wisdom resides. If He counsel that we be slow to speak then it must be the right thing to do.

James 1: 19 “Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to angry.

Our God is deep and thoughtful. One of the things that is revealed about God in His Word, is the fact that He thinks things through. If God did not want us to know that He thinks then He would not share with us some of the process that led to Him making certain decisions. The bible lets us into His thoughts concerning the destruction of Gomorrah and several other such things. God lets us know that He puts all the information available to Him together and weighs them before He makes His final decisions. He truly is one who weighs all actions. In weighing actions, He is thinking enough. He listens well and processes the information He has before making the decisions which He speaks. God is letting us know that we have to be deliberate even about the things we say. Sometimes, we speak so many words that it is apparent we do not remember that those words would be called up at that crucial point of judgment. If and whenever we find that we spoke without thinking, we must take responsibility for our many words. Let us think enough to be certain that what we communicate is what we intend to communicate. Our hearts can be judged from our words so think on it enough to have the right thought in your heart. We owe it to ourselves to ourselves to think through before we speak or act.

1 Samuel 2: 3b “For the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed (examined).”

Mathew 12: 34b “For whatever is in your heart determines what say.”

So becoming like God is also thinking things over or enough. There are women who think it’s a sign of femininity to say things that are obviously not thought through. Such ladies don’t think much before they speak and as a result often sound very silly. I daresay that it is another lie of satan; part of his agenda to ruin God’s creation. How can the help fit for anyone be made an unthinking being? Our God is all wise; He definitely did not make women to be unthinking beings. The godly woman is a deep thinking woman out of whose mouth comes wisdom and not craftiness or silliness; hence this woman is not crafty nor timid but confident, powerful and operating with a very sound mind like any other child of God yet very controlled. Refuse to allow anyone make you feel you are strange just because you think enough. You have a sound mind and you are meant to use it.

Proverbs 12: 23 “The wise don’t make a show of their knowledge, but fools broadcast their foolishness.”

Proverbs 22: 3 “A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes on blindly and suffers the consequences.”

Indeed King David, who wrote most of the Psalms, was a deep thinking man who would often commune with his heart. In a number of the Psalms he wrote, he was deliberate about making us think even more on them so he would often write the word “selah” which is translated “think on this”. We have made many bad decisions because we didn’t think enough on a thing or we acted before we thought through and it was too late to “take it back”. The prudent man thinks way ahead of whatever he perceives would happen. Some things have to be thought through and decisions reached before one faces a situation that one has perceived is in the future. When God gave us a mind and/or will, I guess one of the reasons is for us to think. God wouldn’t even force or compel us to follow despite that He wanted us so much He sent His only Son to die. He wants it to be for us an act of will so that it is a thought through decisions to love Him. It is an act of will. Something we elect to do. If He would let us think through that, then He must want us thinking. We are thinking beings though, as is often said, too much of everything is bad.