Is There a Compelling Motive for Suppressing Atypical Ideas?

Someone noted that if each person would take a moment to give consideration to an atypical idea that spontaneously became conscious, it was possible that good, wonderful results could be the prize.

It is important to analyze thought patterns to determine if they are good or evil, so a commitment to “do no harm” should constantly dominate. Abraham Lincoln wrote, “Our best judgment is constantly demanded to separate good from evil.” 

The next step in bringing your creative insight to fruition is to nurture it like a seed planted in good soil and properly watered. An idea Abraham Lincoln pondered for years was the Emancipation Proclamation Act, but getting it through Congress with war raging took creativity, courage, and faith. Your ideas blessed by God could be analogous to Jesus’ “Parable of the Mustard Seed”. Although just a thought, if loaded with potentiality, God alone knows the future.

           

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For God will bring every deed into judgement, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. 

~Ecclesiastes 12:14 New International Version 

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Is All Secret-keeping Destructive?

Although it’s impossible to avoid adversity, we often try to keep it a secret. It’s not that a secret should be shared indiscriminately, for doing so could make you appear untrustworthy. When adversity is accepted as deserved and guilt results, then concealment may follow to avoid embarrassment.

There may be initial feelings of excitement about what has to be kept secret, making it appear attractive. Proverbs 9:17 speaks of this truth: “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious.” The implications  suggest that deception and sin may appear sweet and beautiful, but a secret’s dark side can be evil and destructive.

Not all secrets produce undesirable consequences, however. Jesus teaches in Matthew 6:3 to give secretly to the needy, for God sees and will reward you. This applies to praying with the door closed, for God hears and will answer. These secrets bring peace, comfort, and God’s blessings.  

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For God will judge every deed, including every secret, whether good or evil.

~Ecclesiastes 12:14 International Standard Version

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