PUT AWAY CLAMOUR

 

Friday, March 1, 2024

 

PUT AWAY CLAMOUR

Eph 4:31-32

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

 

          The Greek word used for clamour is kraugee and Adam Clarke says this about that. “Kraugee. Loud and obstreperous speaking, brawling, railing, boisterous talk, often the offspring of wrath; all of which are highly unbecoming the meek, loving, quiet, sedate mind of Christ and his followers.”

(from Adam Clarke's Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)

 

          Well, fine, but what does the word obstreperous mean? Mirriam-Webster says it means “unruly and aggressive noisiness; stubbornly resistant to control.” Wow! That certainly seems to define our age. In some measure, I suspect it also defined the atmosphere that Jesus found in Jerusalem. Military occupation, summary executions, unthinkable taxation, and religious bigotry had to be a noisy din in Jesus’ ears. No wonder He often resorted to mountain tops and olive gardens alone.

 

          Rather than join the clamor and add screaming and hair pulling, we should copy the practice of Jesus and find a serene and solitary place away from people. Oh, I like most people at first, but ultimately, I learn that they are much like myself and I need to withdraw.

 

Ps 34:12-14

12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

 

Dear Lord, I need to put away the clamor for awhile. Let me do what you did when it became unbearable. Let me seek a quiet place in which I can commune with you. AMEN