With the advent of social media, podcasting, and other platforms whereby the average schmo can turn him or herself into an overnight sensation comes these words of wisdom, “The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things” (Proverbs 15:28).
In other words, there are two kinds of people when it comes to communicating ideas and knowledge.
The righteous, which would mean those who are spiritually regenerate, who “ponders,” thinks through, or meditates upon what to say or write, as it lines up with God’s perspective on wisdom and knowledge about the created order.
That perspective, to the chagrin of many, is found only within the inspired, written pages of God’s word, the Bible.
The evil, or unregenerate rebel who is at odds with God and has a bad case of foot or hand in mouth disease, whereby everything he or she says or writes only reflects the devious vacuity of what is in his or her heart or mind, fails to consider the irrational opining that begins and ends with him or her and finally devolves into nihilism.
In the former instance, the righteous thinks toward a logical end that not only exalts a consistent truth worthy of glorifying God as the ultimate source of all truth and knowledge.
In the latter instance, the “evil” person fumbles and bumbles toward an illogical conclusion that expresses half-truths and outright lies that ignores God and exalts the individual as if he or she is a god.
The righteous carefully considers what he or she is going to say in advance, whereas the unregenerate carelessly “pours” forth a torrent of unmitigated nonsense.
It is the difference between wise counsel and foolish gibberish, the latter of which represents so much of what goes on today in social media, if not the pagan world at-large.
Is it any wonder that there is so much confusion happening that leads to an antithesis of the very things so many are arguing for or against?
People want “social justice” without knowing or hearing from the Supreme Social Justice, so they end up clamoring for or physically fighting about something they are ignorant, thereby undermining the very thing they wish to advocate or criticize.
Most people want a lawful society, they just do not want the Ultimate Lawgiver to have any part of the equation they have contrived in their minds to achieve their lofty goal.
The end result is lawlessness and chaos, where brute force and intimidation have become acceptable substitutes for law and order, not realizing that to live by the sword is to die by it too.
Few people wish to live in bondage; they want to be free to do whatever they wish to do or say.
Yet, few people also wish to appeal to the Foremost of Freedom Fighters, as they falsely assume to do things His way is to place strictures upon a person’s conduct and speech that is contrary to what freedom is about.
Therefore, not only are our jails and prisons filled with those who have forfeited their physical freedom, millions, if not billions, more are “locked-up” in the bondage of their minds or souls, suffering one mental or spiritual malady or addiction after another, and unable to free themselves from their self-created prisons.
All of this has to do with pondering how to answer and acknowledging what God has revealed is the prudent course of words or action.
There are those who do it carefully, thoughtfully, and righteously, and there are those who fail on all counts.
It is something to “ponder” the next time you get online, turn on the radio, or tune into your favorite television political pundit.
There is very little righteous content being produced with a whole lot of evil drivel filling the void.
