Listen to Your Critics
By Mark Denison
When George Whitefield, the 18th-century British evangelist, first sailed to America, he wrote in his journal that the ship’s cook had a drinking problem.
When he was reproved for this, the cook boasted that he planned to reform his life two years before he died, but not before.
The man died six hours later.
What Whitefield was asking of the ship’s cook, God asks of us all. Receive admonition from well-intentioned men and women whom he uses to bring us wisdom, counsel, and correction.
Solomon said, “Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed” (Proverbs 27:5).
I have learned two things about criticism: (a) it is rarely 100% true, and (b) it is rarely 100% false.
Recovery Step: Be willing to listen to your critics.
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