Isaiah 48:17-18 The LORD, the Savior, the Holy One of Israel, says, “I am the LORD your God. I teach you for your own good. I lead you in the way you should go. If you had obeyed me, then peace would have come to you like a full flowing river. Good things would have come to you again and again, like the waves of the sea.
Listen: If Only I Had Listened
Looking back on your life, how many times have you been given good advice by some well-meaning person and yet, through your own pigheadedness, ignored it … only to run headlong into some blunder that cost you dearly? I think if I had a dollar for every time I’ve done that, I’d be pretty darned rich!
I was intrigued by this article from the website foreignpolicy.com. I quote …
“As dawn broke on December 7, 1941, the Japanese struck the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, pushing a once-reluctant America headlong into World War II. The naval base was utterly unprepared for battle, even though the United States had managed to break Japanese diplomatic codes in the lead-up to the assault, and a military attaché in Java had warned Washington of a planned Japanese attack on Hawaii, the Philippines, and Thailand a week earlier. ‘Never before have we had so complete an intelligence picture of the enemy,’ wrote Roberta Hostetter.”
We’ve all done it, haven’t we … ignored the intelligence, ignored the advice with disastrous consequences? If only we’d listened.
Isaiah 48:17-18 The LORD, the Saviour, the Holy One of Israel, says, “I am the LORD your God. I teach you for your own good. I lead you in the way you should go. If you had obeyed me, then peace would have come to you like a full flowing river. Good things would have come to you again and again, like the waves of the sea. NRSV
#NoteToSelf: Don’t ignore God’s teaching, God’s wisdom, God’s counsel. It’s just not worth it.
That’s His Word. Fresh … for you … today.