Reading through the scriptures I find many instances where a calamity is about to strike, at which times, the Lord sends messengers to warn the people of impending danger and to give them advice which will protect them. It always amazes me when the people in those events choose not to even consider the message, nor to test the message with the keys of discernment, nor to even take the message to the Lord for confirmation. Often, those people just ignored or mistreated the messengers, and then did not prepare for the upcoming calamity, and sadly, suffered greatly.
The Lord is always willing to help. Always willing to warn us of impending danger. Always willing to give us good counsel to keep us safe and healthy. And even when we did not listen the first time, the Lord has endless patience to try again to help us!
What a great God!!!
The thing is, even though the Lord always gives us the heads up, it is up to us to stay in the Spirit often, to hear the counsel of the Lord.
It is my observation that, the messengers in the scriptures would often show up and counsel people to return to the ways of the Lord, in which state those people would then be able to hear the Spirit of the Lord, and be led to safety.
If anyone is not hearing the guidance of the Spirit of the Lord, I would counsel returning to the ways of the Lord. The Lord gives us directions as to how to live our lives, so that we will always be able to clearly hear the Spirit of the Lord, which will direct us to safety.
It is the desire of the Lord that, His children reach their fullest potential, based on their agency of course.
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So true! We have noticed it in our own lives, when we keep the Spirit close and interact on a daily, even moment by moment, basis it does help and we have been guided many times that way. And there are those times when we forget to counsel with the Lord and carry on our "merry" way and it doesn't end up so good. Or if we look only to the arm of flesh, listening to what others think and not take that also to the Lord. Having the Spirit is such a comfort. Irene
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