Superlatives! Big Talkers
They speak great swelling words of emptiness...
2 Peter 2:18 (NKJV)
If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.
Proverbs 30:32 (NKJV)
In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Proverbs 10:19 (NKJV)
Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
1 Corinthians 8:1 (NKJV)
Most often, big talkers aren’t big doers. Why? Puffed-up egotists bear no lasting fruit. They love to boast about production, but their fruit is sick… and sickens others!
On the other hand, exceptionally productive people– movers and shakers of great influence… don’t need to brag about accomplishments., because their work does the bragging for them.
One more point: Big talkers seldom listen.
'He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him' (Proverbs 18:13).
'The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man is he who listens to counsel' (Proverbs 12:15).
'He who has ears to hear, let him hear' (Matthew 11:15).
Advice: If big talkers seldom listen, then seldom (or never) listen to them. Consider man’s 1st tragic consequence:
'The serpent said to the woman, 'You surely will not die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil' (Genesis 3:4-5).
Know this: Satan was the first big talker… inciting a rebellion in Heaven, which he continues to this day on Earth. He’s the spark inflaming big mouths and mobs. So resist him and every evil match. Quench the dragon with God’s Living Water.
‘He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water’ (John 7:38).
Wisdom rules:
Listen first, speak second, and stay humble.
Avoid superlatives and bragging points.
You’re not the best, most, smartest, or highest…
Nor are others (so don’t get “star struck.”)
Jesus is Earth’s only superlative!
Superlatives: Big Talkers (Part 3)
NOTE: This is a 2023 update of a 2013 Carey Lewis Devotion. You may see notes to 'Actors, Models & Talent for Christ.' If you think you're not in show business, think again. Shakespeare said, 'All the world's a stage and all its men and women merely players. Mostly true. But you're not merely players. You are messengers and ambassadors for the King of kings.