WHEN TO SPEAK
DAILY DEVOTION
Today’s Bible Reading: Genesis 36, 1 Chronicles 1 – 2
WHEN TO SPEAK
Genesis 37:5(KJV): And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
It’s a common urge and assumption that the best people to share your life progress with are your brothers and sisters. But our theme Scriptures teach us a wisdom to conceal dreams that are still in the womb of conception, for some of our brothers and sisters, yes, are blood of us, but not regenerated.
There are things in this life that have an appointed time in which they should be spoken(Ecclesiastes 3:7).
When spoken before time, they may be destroyed and never see the light of day.
This is wisdom Joseph lacked.
Some people assume that it was God’s perfect plan for him to tell his brothers about his dream, and have his brothers throw him in a ditch in a saga that would eventually lead him to become the governor of Egypt.
God did not need to have Joseph thrown into a ditch or have Jacob lied to about his death, to turn Joseph into the remarkable man he became.
Joseph did not know that not everything has to be said to everybody or anybody.
His mistake is still made by many Christians today. One may hear that their promotion is in the pipeline and go about mouthing it to everyone who cares to listen. They may hear that someone is about to give them something and tell whoever they can even before the gift comes.
When such a promotion or gift never comes, they wonder why.
Brother/sister, you cannot harvest the fruit of a plant that is still a seed.
Understand that there are spirits to which you cannot communicate about wombs that have not yet brought forth. They will always conspire to abort your destiny.
Beware of such.
💡KNOW MORE: Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ecclesiastes 3:7
⭐HIGHLIGHT: There are things in this life that have an appointed time in which they should be spoken. You cannot harvest the fruit of a plant that is still a seed.
🙌PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank You for this truth. Thank You for the wisdom to know when to speak and when to be silent, whom to speak to and whom to never speak to about my dreams and ambitions. By this knowledge, I am preserved within the ambits of your perfect will, in Jesus’ name, Amen.