Protecting My Honor (Proverbs 20)
In the movies when someone wants to bait a character into a fight, they call them "Chicken." Why does that work? I suppose because we think our reputation equals our honor. Proverbs 20 flips that logic on its head. "It is to one's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel." Apparently elevating your self-control is what brings honor, not other people's opinions. Is that true of you? Let me put it this way, it's better to be called "Chicken" than for God to call you a "Fool.
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In the movies when someone wants to bait a character into a fight, they call them "Chicken." Why does that work? I suppose because we think our reputation equals our honor. Proverbs 20 flips that logic on its head. "It is to one's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel." Apparently elevating your self-control is what brings honor, not other people's opinions. Is that true of you? Let me put it this way, it's better to be called "Chicken" than for God to call you a "Fool.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
When it comes to protecting our honor, sometimes I think we’ve got it all wrong.
Ron: When it comes to protecting our honor, sometimes I think we’ve got it all wrong.
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Ron: You know in the movies when someone wants to bait a character into a fight, all they have to do is call them “Chicken?” “What are you, chicken?” Why does that work? I suppose because we think our reputation equals our honor. Proverbs 20 flips that logic on its head. “It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.” (NIV) Apparently elevating your self-control is what brings honor, not other people’s opinions.
Is that true of you—at work, in social settings, sporting events, at home? Let me put it this way, it’s better for people to call you “Chicken” than for God to call you a “Fool.”
For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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