'Thus says the LORD, "You must not go up and fight against your relatives the sons of Israel; return every man to his house, for this thing has come from Me."'" So they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way according to the word of the LORD.When I read this, I wanted to yell, "Now they listen?!" The leaders have spent the last while ignoring God's instructions. Solomon turned from God to idols, then Rehoboam doesn't even ask for God's advice before doing what he wants. But now, when they're ready for war, God speaks to them, and they suddenly pay attention.
I wish I could say I was different, except for the fact of not hearing directly from God. I frequently do what I want, rather than what God has instructed me to do in the Bible. I almost wish God would speak to us directly, as this prophet did. I think one of the prime reasons he doesn't is because he knows we'd ignore him, and he's almost certainly right. Too many crackpots claim to speak from God today; we'd write a real prophet off as one of them.
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