Listen And Learn!

"Didn't you listen? Didn't you hear what I told you would happen? I tried to tell you, but I guess you had to find out yourself!"

How many parents have addressed their children in such a manner? How many children have been too stubborn to listen? We would always do well to recognize the wisdom gained through years of living. How much more so with the One Who is eternal! How many refuse to listen even to God? When His wisdom is ignored, what is there left to be done?

In one of the psalms of Asaph we read the following longing of God.
"(11) But MY PEOPLE DID NOT LISTEN to my voice; Israel WOULD NOT SUBMIT to me. (12) SO I GAVE THEM OVER TO THEIR STUBBORN HEARTS, TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN COUNSELS. (13) OH, THAT MY PEOPLE WOULD LISTEN TO ME, that Israel WOULD WALK IN MY WAYS!" ( Psalm 81:11-13 ESV)

This psalm went on to acknowledge the manner in which God desired to bless a people who would LISTEN TO HIM. However, what is God left to do when His words will not be followed? Allowing the stubborn to go down the road they have chosen is the same description we read in Romans where "God gave them up" to the direction they chose to go or what they chose to do ( Romans 1:24, 26, and 28); a way in which they would ultimately experience the penalty for their error. ( Romans 1:27)

If mankind won't listen and learn, then all that is left is to experience the effects of going their own way. Learning all of life's lessons by personal experience is not only unwise, but can be deadly both physically and spiritually. Let us listen. Let us learn. Let us BE WISE IN ACCEPTING THE COUNSEL of our elders and ultimately that OF GOD. He has warned us of many things through the Scriptures because He desires the best for us for this life and for an eternity to come. Listening and learning we shall truly live!

Have a great day WALKING IN HIS WAYS!
Carl

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