It has been said “talk is cheap until you hire a lawyer”. What is closer to the truth is, to give your cheap talk value; you hire a lawyer to do your talking. One thing is certain; a lawyer’s talk isn’t cheap, especially when they only tell you what you want to hear.
An opposing lawyer will allow one performing a corresponding function, to milk the client with the deepest pockets. They eat from both sides of the table; it only matters from where the scraps fall.
Just because someone shares your faith, doesn’t mean they share your values. The same is true for one who encourages you to fight, but they do not share your conviction in winning the fight. They can see you get stabbed on the battlefield and will pretend they are the one bleeding. One, who pretends to care, true nature isn’t revealed, until the worst possible time. You look around and they are nowhere on the battleground. Yelling from the sidelines, “it was always your fight, I just tried to help you realize your need to do so.”
This is a time when protecting our hearts from ungodly influence is crucial. Do not be instigated into making false accusations, fighting an expensive battle, to give value to cheap talk. The Holy Scripture tells us, (Numbers 12:1) that Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses. Read the chapter to understand why they did so. But they both failed to realize that Moses was the very first man to have Godly Wisdom downloaded to a tablet. (Exodus 31:18)
Instead of being coached into a reaction to our discomfort, with patience, allow that hurt to be useful. Let it give way to love and laughter, because such gifts are priceless.
Acts 24:1
New International Version
Paul’s Trial Before Felix
24 “Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.”
Acts 24:1
King James Version
24 “And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.”
Acts 24:1
Living Bible
24 “Five days later Ananias the High Priest arrived with some of the Jewish leaders and the lawyer* Tertullus, to make their accusations against Paul.”
Numbers 12:1
New International Version
Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
12 “Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.”
Numbers 12:1
King James Version
12 “And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.”
Numbers 12:1
Living Bible
12 “One day Miriam and Aaron were criticizing Moses because his wife was a Cushite woman,”
Exodus 31:18
New International Version
18 “When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.”
Exodus 31:18
King James Version
18 “And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.”
Exodus 31:18
Living Bible
18 “Then, as God finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of stone on which the Ten Commandments were written with the finger of God.”