SCRIPTURE
“Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.”
Ephesians 4:29 NLT
OBSERVATION
Each of us is uniquely wired, designed by God to be who He designed us to be.
“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.”
Psalms 139:13-14 NLT
Unique Wiring
Sanguines(Yellow)- Uniquely wired to see the best in people and circumstances
Cholerics(Red)- Uniquely wired to be visionaries who can see and achieve goals.
Melancholics(Blue)- Uniquely wired to anticipate obstacles and creatively problem solve.
Phlegmatics(Green)- Uniquely wired to stay calm and kind in the midst of chaos.
Woven into our unique wiring are loud, powerful, deep, peaceful strengths.
Simultaneously, we each have loud, powerful, deep, peaceful weaknesses.
In their strengths they commonly say...
Sanguines: Oh, I’ve got a story about that...wait till you hear this!
In their weaknesses they commonly say...
Sanguines: Do you always have to be so serious?
In their strengths they commonly say...
Cholerics: How about we do it this way?
In their weaknesses they commonly say...
Cholerics: Just do what I said.
In their strengths they commonly say...
Phlegmatics: I’m good with whatever.
In their weaknesses they commonly say...
Phlegmatics: I’ll do it later.
In their strengths they commonly say...
Melancholics: I’ve been giving it some thought...
In their weaknesses they commonly say...
Melancholics: No one understands me.
“Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.”
Ephesians 4:1-4 NLT
APPLICATION
Cognitively speaking many of us agree that we are all different. However, experientially we want, believe, or expect other people to be like us. In our strengths each of us rocks! In our weaknesses we throw rocks at others. It’s important that we understand, and operate from a place of self-control, not other-control. Self-control is one of the evidences, indications, and proofs that the Spirit of God lives in you. Changing who you are is not an option. You are fearfully and wonderfully made by God to be exactly who you are. However, you get to choose which version of you people will experience. You can choose to show up as the best version of yourself, or the worst version of you. Still you. Understand that we choose the words we use. Our words can help, or hurt. We can choose to build, or destroy.
PRAYER
Father, thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! Thank You for healing me, thank You for delivering me. Please, help me to operate in and from my strengths. Help me to seek out opportunities to build others up, recognizing the God in them, and loving them like You do.
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