One of the most embarrassing moments of my life happened in a hospital break room

I was passionately defending the Bible to a coworker who didn’t believe it. She had been speaking against Jesus and the Bible in general, and even though I wasn’t following Jesus very closely at the time, it flew all over me.

So I inserted myself into the conversation and started defending Jesus from the Bible the best I could. She let me know she didn’t believe the Bible.

Well… I knew exactly how to win her over. I quoted a verse from Proverbs with passion. I really brought it. After quoting the verse, I explained it to her with great fervor.

Silence. No rebuttal.

The bell has been rung. Time to go to center-stage and have my hand lifted. Bring out the championship belt.

Not so fast.

Much to my surprise, one of the most intelligent people I know spoke up. He’s a Christian too, by the way.

Calmly and methodically, he dismantled my argument by pointing out that I had misinterpreted that Scripture and used it out of context.

I felt like such a fool. Honestly, I was kinda mad and disappointed in him at the time.

Today, I’m proud he did the right thing in that moment.

In Luke 22:47–51, a disciple of Jesus has a fit of passion and cuts a guy’s ear off. I’m sure he thought he was doing the right thing in that moment… just like I did.

However, Jesus corrects him and corrects the error he made.

Passion is good when it’s channeled correctly. However, it can lead us to some bad spots when it flows out of the banks.

Ever had someone correct you when you didn’t want to hear it… but later you were thankful they did?

Proverbs 19:2 says: “Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, And he who hurries his footsteps errs.”

Study Scripture carefully and follow the Lord. Read and do what He calls you to do — but be careful that your own passions don’t supersede the truth and lead you to a spot where you end up doing more damage than good.

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