Do you admire people with a “mind like a steel trap”? Sorry, I’m not one of those. It might take me a few days to discern exactly what the substance of an issue is because my fleshly nature still fights the Spirit of God. My flesh wants to hide God’s truth. Thus, I may take a few days at the least to answer something that isn’t already obvious to me.
I don’t trust my own intellect. It hasn’t been a consistently good servant, frequently misleading me into chasing false leads. I’ve learned over the years to put off answering something that stirs me until the wisdom of the Lord surfaces from my convictions.
Some issues have taken years to get the right answer. So, if you propose to discuss something with me, don’t get in a hurry. If the question is entirely a matter of human intellect presented for debate, I may decline to answer in the first place. If there is a moral issue at stake, it may take me awhile to be satisfied that I know what I need to say. It all depends on whether I’ve dealt with something similar in the past.
I’m still learning, and I will never arrive in this life.
