Watch the assumption

 13Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.  14So Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!”  1 Samuel 1:13-14  NKJV

A lady named Hannah, was very distressed because she was barren and had pleaded with God to open her womb so she could have a male child. She would then, leave the child (Samuel) with the priest, dedicated to God. The priest, Eli, was sitting there observing her and noticed that her lips were moving very fast but, no sound was heard. He therefore made a judgement on her and assumed that she was drunk. He therefore confronted her about it. Hannah was very distressed about this and told him of her intentions if the Lord would give her a male child.

Assumptions and false judgments are lethal. They have the ability to cause arguments, fights and possibly wars. It is imperative that we get the information right before we charge in causing someone distress. Many have had their lives destroyed by narrow minded people who shoot from the hip and ask questions afterwards. Don't do this. There was a similar incident at Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit had descended on the people in power and they were all speaking in different languages. Some mockers standing by accused them of being drunk. However Peter, who heard this accusation, told them firmly that they were not drunk at all and went on to preach a show-stopping sermon that brought over three thousand people to know Jesus as their Saviour. That was Dunamis power - dynamite  Acts 2:1 and (Acts 2:1-41).

How many times do we make assumptions about people. Let's be honest here. We see or hear something and immediately the devil injects false information about them. The press can be terrible for this. Remember this, not everything that you read in a newspaper is accurate. The truth can be expanded somewhat and before you know it, the news has expanded, rather like Chinese Whispers. Gossip can do this. Bob Gass said 'The trouble with gossip is not so much that it is spoken as an intended lie, but that it is heard as if it were the absolute truth.' 

We see the police turn up at someone's house and straightaway, we are tempted to think, 'Hello, what have they been up to?' A wife can see her husband chatting with a young lady and convince herself that he is having an affair with her. Total assumption and mostly, totally wrong. We can walk into a room full of people and suddenly, the conversation stops and they look around at you. If we're not careful, we can believe that they were all speaking about us. Again, it is assumption. 20% of the time, they may be but, 80% shows us that they are not.

Learn to control your assumptions; 

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:

'Lord Jesus, I have sinned and I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today.

In Jesus' Name. Amen'

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