Habakkuk 2:6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Those who are guilty of it will never understand.

I could stop right there and some would get my meaning. Maybe because they themselves have been victims of ridicule. No amount of explanation will ever penetrate the thickness of the perpetrator. It is a sad truth.

You cannot build yourself up by putting others down. That fact has not presented itself to the cruel heart. This verse when it speaks to thick clay speaks to this issue. The offenders don’t get it. Thick clay does not bake well. It will never be a vessel fit for use, as it bakes unevenly, that part puffs up, misshaped, weak.

1 Corinthians 4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

The cruel heart will never get it. No amount of parables, psalms or proverbs will ever penetrate their thickness, their dull minds. It takes a changed heart and only God can fix that.

1 Corinthians 12:1,9a Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. To another faith by the same Spirit;

I skipped down the list of gifts given to the gift of faith in order not to distract you away from the issue that it is a gift by the Holy Spirit. Are we not all given the gift of faith? Yes but some clarification is required. This will be a point in which some will resist and I fully understand that, but I will take the risk.

Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

All it takes to be saved is belief. Faith does not save you. Faith is given for a different purpose.

Now comes the difficult part. What you believe changes. Faith does not change because it does not belong to you, it comes as needed by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Have you stopped listening?

Romans 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Proportions, here a little, there a little, it is not given in bulk, but proportioned as needed, when needed.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

To walk after the Spirit one must hear the Spirit, to listen, direct ones steps, by faith.

Isaiah 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

As needed, when needed.

Listen.