August
Some people yearn for a good fight. You know the type…the guy at work who’s always in competition with you even if you’re not playing the game. He tries to best you at every turn so he’s always looking over your shoulder to see how he can improve on your work as he copies your ideas.

Or it might be the fellow who isn’t content until he’s convinced everyone that his point of view on any given subject is irrefutable. He will argue until everyone concedes that he is right—or actually, until everyone is so tired of being badgered by his arguments that they simply relinquish to him the perceived prize for which he’s vying.

Most of these contests simply aren’t worth the time they take to compete in them. Unless the matter is of some profound consequence, the preferred course is to walk away at the onset. Even if the debate is a spiritual one, if you have posed your position previously, it is hardly worth the expenditure of energy to go through the argument again. Jesus said in Matthew 6:6, “…Cast not your pearls before swine...”

His point was that the wisdom of God is not valued by those who have purposed against it in their hearts; therefore, it’s an exercise in futility to waste your breath attempting again to convince them of the error of their thinking. Ultimately, as David said in Psalm 60:12, “With God we will gain the victory and HE will trample down the enemy.” Our part is to do our part then wait for the Lord to bring the endeavor to His conclusion.