In Jeremiah 42 the people came to the prophet and said "pray to the Lord your God for us ... that the Lord your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing we should do...we will obey the voice of the Lord our God."
It seemed they had had a change of heart and really wanted to repent of their evil and turn again to the Lord. But a funny thing happened. Jeremiah did as they asked and 10 days later the word from God came. That word was to not go down to Egypt.
This wasn't exactly what the people wanted to hear since they had actually already set their hearts toward going there to escape the forces from Babylon. But when Jeremiah told them that the Lord had answered their prayer and that they were not to go they responded this way:
Jeremiah 43:2 "You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, 'Do not go to Egypt to live there.'"
So their response was to attack the messenger. Do you sometimes run into situations where you really ask the Lord for wisdom but have already made up your mind to do something you suspect is wrong? But when you consult God in prayer or seek Him in His Word and that word comes back against what you have in your heart to do - what is your response? Do you think "I guess I was wrong?" or do you say "God can't be speaking because He doesn't agree with me."
Pray and ask for wisdom from God, but be ready for it - knowing it may not be the answer you wished for, though it will be the right answer.
Pastor Tom
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