Author	Thread: Being Sober Minded - Not Assuming
Admin	Being Sober Minded - Not Assuming Posted : 26 Oct, 2009 02:50 PM I THINK ALMOST ALL MAKE THE MISTAKE OF MAKING ASSUMPTIONS OR PLAYING MIND READER, FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT WHEN I AM CAREFUL TO DO THIS IS SOLVES ALMOST ALL PROBLEMS - I MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. Titus 1:7-8 (ASV) 7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; 8 but given to hospitality, as lover of good, SOBER-MINDED , just, holy, self-controlled; A bishop has to love hosting people and love good people. He has to be sober, which is referring to more than not getting drunk. The word "sober" means "safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)" (Strong's). One dictionary says the word "sober" means to be "void of speculative imagination." That is powerful. A bishop can't be imagining what people are thinking. Satan will use that against him. The NIV translates this as "self-controlled."�AWs Living Commentary SPECULATIVE IMAGINATION covers a whole lot more ground, I think than what is expressed above. I think it all ties together with being selfcentered or selfconscious, but one of the worst forms of SPECULATIVE IMAGINATION is when we play MIND READER AND ASSUME WE KNOW WHAT ANOTHER PERSON IS THINKING - INSTEAD OF ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS - TO CLARIFY WHAT THE OTHER PERSON IT THINKING. THERE IS VERY LITTLE THAT CAUSES MORE HARM IN RELATIONSHIPS. I find when I am careful to ask good questions to clarify what the other person is thinking - it avoids a tremendous amount of problems - and lets me know how to proceed from there. "Play it again Sam" :angel: Post Reply
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