I Foresaw Calamity, by Edward

      A couple of weeks ago after dinner, my 20-month-old went over to the empty infant car seat in the living room, which had its carrying handle raised.  He was about to sit down on the end of the seat (remember, the bottom of this is curved like a rocker).  I said to him, " Don't sit down there, you're going to get hit on the head".  

Seeing that my warning was falling on deaf ears, I called all of my boys to me and said to them, "Watch your brother.  He's going to get hit on the head".  Sure enough, he sat down and "bop," right on the back of his head.  What did he do but try again, "bop,"and again "bop," and again "bop."  The other boys thought that this was pretty funny.  

I looked at the them and asked, "What did I say was going to happen?"  They answered, "You said it was going to hit him on the head".  I followed up with, "And what happened?"  They answered, "It hit him on the head."  This was a fairly comical situation, but I was trying to make the point that I know more than them and the reason that I have rules and commandments for them is for their protection.  

I was trying to help them to see that when I speak they should trust me and obey right away so that no harm comes to them.  Sometimes even a brief delay in obeying can have terrible consequences.  How much more so with God and His word? Consider the following passages.

Deuteronomy 10:12-13  "And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?"

Job 38:1-5 - Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said:

“Who is this that darkens my counsel

with words without knowledge?

Brace yourself like a man;

I will question you,

and you shall answer me.

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?

Tell me, if you understand.

Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!

Who stretched a measuring line across it?"

 He is all-knowing and speaks for my good.

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