“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” (Eccl 5:2).
Earth’s false lights can blind us to God’s glory. S.D. Gordon tells of a gentleman who was asked by an artist friend to come to his home to see a painting he had just finished. He went at the time appointed, was shown by the attendant into a room which was quite dark, and was left there. After perhaps fifteen minutes, his friend came into the room with a cordial greeting and took him up to the studio to see the painting, which was greatly admired.
Before he left, the artist said, “I suppose you thought it strange to be left in that dark room so long.” “Yes,” the visitor said, “I did.” “Well,” his friend replied, “I knew that if you came into my studio from the glare of the city streets, you would not be able to appreciate the fine colors of the painting. I left you in the dark room until the glare had faded from your eyes.”