Have you ever made a big mistake by forging ahead without asking appropriate questions or following the directions?
With one of our kids, we keep hounding the importance
of reading school assignments carefully! He jumps ahead with working a problem
or writing an answer without reading the instructions. He ends up making big
mistakes over and over. I get quite frustrated (especially since it is so
opposite my personality). I keep praying for guidance and help and direction,
but I still worry. The following passage reminded me that I can trust our Faithful
God with the purposes He has for our son. We can rely on God (without worry) as
we continue to diligently train.
God doesn’t always spare us from the consequences of our
foolish ignorance, but he did with one prophet’s cooking mistake!!!
II Kings 4:38-41 Elisha returned to Gilgal and there was a famine in
that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to
his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.”
39 One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs
and found a wild vine and picked as many of its gourds as his garment could
hold. When he returned, he cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew
what they were. 40 The stew was
poured out for the men, but as they began to eat it, they cried out, “Man of
God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
41 Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He put it into the pot
and said, “Serve it to the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the
pot.
God graciously intervened! He miraculously used the
flour to negate the poison from the wild gourds. He spared this group of
prophets!
When has God graciously spared you from the
consequences of a foolish mistake?
He doesn’t always step in to save us from our foolishness.
He is faithful, though, to work His purposes through any situation.
Alice
