Knowing When To Cease

“A time to keep silence...”~ Eccl. 3:7

“And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.“~ Acts 21:12-14

Here we have good people attempting to keep a godly man from taking what they thought was the wrong course. Paul was strong in his resolution, and his friends were just as adamant the other way. What is the latter to do in such cases? Carry the issue as far as you can with decency. But it is not wise or good manners to over-press a godly person in such cases. There is a time when we are to “…cease saying.”

We are apt to judge and censure those who will not do things the way we think they should be done. But it is always good to remember that possibly they and God know something that they have not let the rest of us in on. It is not stubbornness that keeps some from heeding their earthly friends’ advice, but rather, a willingness to suffer anything for their heavenly FRIEND.

Make sure your well-intentioned help is not, in reality, a hindrance.

by an Old Disciple

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