Now, look what it says in Proverbs chapter 15 in verse 23.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good
it is.
Now, I don't want to rehash my sermon from a couple weeks ago or a month ago on Shut
Your Mouth.
That's the title of the sermon, okay?
But this kind of has to do with it, right?
It's being able to speak in due season.
What is that talking about?
The right timing.
Sometimes there's a right time to say something, even if it's the right thing.
And sometimes it's not the right time to say something, even though it's the right thing
to say.
Right.
You understand?
And sometimes timing, not sometimes, all the time, is everything.
Okay?
Now, why is timing everything when giving a word of wisdom?
Well, because of the fact that sometimes the recipient of the wisdom you're expelling is
not ready to hear that yet.
And we want that person to get that word of wisdom, to benefit from that, to act the
upon it, and to fix whatever problem they have.
But if they're not ready to get that word of wisdom, then it's kind of worthless.
So the wisdom that you have has to be attached to the right timing as well.
Understand?
When's the right time to talk to this person?
Well, it's probably not the moment when you're really mad.
Right?
It's probably not the time when you're furious, you're angry, you're upset, you're frustrated,
you haven't gotten any sleep, you're moody, you know, you just had a bad day, you know,
you should have the discernment to say, well, now's not the right time to say whatever it
is that I need to say.
Understand?
Have the word of wisdom.
You say, well, how do I know the difference?
Well, walk in the Spirit, think upon wisdom, gain wisdom, ask God for wisdom, and He'll
place you in the right place at the right time to give that word of wisdom to another
individual.
So they can profit with all.
You understand?
Because each and every one of us to a certain extent has wisdom.
We've learned things.
Okay, we've learned things.
We're not stupid.
We're not foolish.
We have wisdom because we've experienced life, or we've gained wisdom from the Word of God.
The element that sometimes is lacking in a person's life is the timing of when to give
that wisdom to another individual.
Chapter 16 in verse 23 says this, the heart of the wise, teacheth his mouth and addeth
learning to his lips, okay?
So take your mouth to school.
Have it sit down.
Teach it when to say something, how to say it, okay?
Proverbs 25 verse 11 says a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold and pictures of silver.
Now I as a pastor, I have to make sure that I constantly work on this because I have constantly
people asking me for advice.
And if I'm a fleshly pastor, if I'm not making sure that, you know, I'm asking God for wisdom
and praying for wisdom and gaining wisdom from God's Word and learning from other people's
experiences and even my own failures, you know, I'm going to give bad advice, okay?
And so, and here's the thing.
There's nothing wrong with you saying, well, let me think about this and consult with someone
else before I give you that answer.
In fact, that's wise, right?
So if someone comes to you and says I need advice about something and I don't want you
to divulge this to anybody else because I'm embarrassed, you can say, well, I can't give
you an answer now because I don't really know anything about that yet, but what I can do
is consult with someone else and I'll do it in confidentiality and I'll bring you an answer.
That's wise, okay?
You know, wisdom doesn't necessarily have to originate with you.
You can get it from someone else as well, okay?
And so this is the gift of wisdom.
It's when someone is able to give you a word, a phrase, a piece of advice that has wisdom
behind it and prudence and it helps you to make an important decision, okay?