Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Recommended Reading: Proverbs 10:19
In art, perspective is defined as drawing objects on a flat, two-dimensional surface (height, width) so as to give an accurate representation of their relationship to one another from a particular point of view. Perspective also represents importance, proportion, and size. While perspective in art didn’t become a formal technique until the early fifteenth century, King Solomon wrote about perspective in life.
For example, he wrote that “God is in heaven, and you [are] on earth.” That clearly defines the position of two “objects” in order to understand how to interpret their relationship. Solomon’s point was to warn man against rash words or behavior when it comes to interpreting what happens in our life. With God being in heaven, He clearly sees and knows more than we do from our limited perspective on earth. Therefore, we should not be “rash” or “hasty” when it comes to blaming God or making promises to God in the midst of our circumstances.
Follow the words of James 1:19, “Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath,” and maintain a godly perspective in your situation.
Worship liberates the personality by giving a new perspective to life.
Roswell C. Long
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