Ecclesiastes 5: As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God. ² Don’t make rash promises, and don’t be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.

 

I read this verse and it has 'bothered' me ever since..

we are told so many times to pray constantly.. to go before the throne boldly...

then you read this...

when I first read it I was thinking about when we enter church.. what is on our mind when we get there? while our intention is probably to worship.. what is our mind centered on before the worship service starts? is it centered on God or on our lives and what we think and what we want and what we are doing and what is going on?

 

then it says to keep your ears open and your mouth shut.. to not being hasty in bringing matters before God as He is in heaven and we are on earth.. so let our words be few... how does this tie into praying without ceasing? ARE we talking too much? does the Lord possibly put us on a back burner because we are constantly talking and probably not saying anything new?

 

you know if you talk too much to certain people.. they will block you out.. you have surely done it with kids if not others... does God do that with us? as God is good for saying something once or twice then expecting us to just hold on to it.. sometimes being silent for long periods of time... so is that possibly what we are to do too? are we to pray about a situation then let it go.. just believing that He will work it out and deal with it.. trusting the one prayer was enough...

 

I can tell you.. this is NOT what I do.. I beat down the door of the Lord.. LOL! but now I stand here and wonder if I am wrong... are we making God.. the God of the universe.. the Creator.. are we making Him too common? are we treating Him as if He is just regular? just one of us? is that possibly where the wrong is in how we act toward Him.. are we not giving Him the reverence due to Him?