IGNORING HIS WARNINGS
Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 33-36

"The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they ignored all his warnings. So the Lord sent the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon." 2 Chronicles 33:10-11 NLT

Maybe you jump up and get done each and every thing the Lord speaks to your heart, as soon as He speaks it, with enthusiasm, zeal and love.

You quickly put aside what ever it is He asks you to leave. You promptly remove sinful things from your life and heart. You speedily tend to correcting wrong attitudes, wrong actions and wrong thoughts.

Maybe, just maybe, you are that quick to heed God's direction.

Maybe, though, like a majority of us, you've ignored His warnings.

Oh, not deliberately.

And yet you have.

And now you know what it's like to be held hostage by something He had warned you about. You are a prisoner to what you thought you could handle. You are being led around life with a ring in your nose, bound in chains that hurt and are heavy and most days find yourself in places you never wanted to go. Places that He never intended you to waste your time.

Did you know that just because you've not listened before doesn't mean He won't give you another chance?

He did it for Manasseh.

It's when we repent, when we realize what we've done, how it's wronged God and how much we want to turn from those old ways, that He hears us and helps us.

So listen to Him today.

Hear what He has to say.

Do what it is He's asking you to do...and be free.