When Discernment Gets Out of Control (TMF:1142)

Tuesday, June 04, 2019
Peace to Live By: When Discernment Gets Out of Control (TMF:1142) - Daniel Litton
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       Many of us have been taught to be discerning of teachings and people, but a problem is that we have let our discernment get out of control to the point where our discerning actually becomes a faultfinding attitude that invades all areas of our life. So what happens is that we end up looking at everything in life through negative faultfinding glasses, and then we spot something wrong, and we speak what is wrong with our mouths to others. Remember, a faultfinder will always find fault because you can find fault in just about anything if you look hard enough. We often excuse our faultfinding as a good thing because we think we are doing it in a spirit of ‘discerning.’ We think we are supposed to faultfinders. But that’s not true. And, when we have developed an attitude like this, Satan can then use us to hurt others by saying hurtful things to them. When others say hurtful things to you, often it is because Satan is capitalizing on the weakness of that person to bother you.