Listen when God warns you!

If I tell you that a Knysna Lourie visits a big tree in front of our chalet more than once a day and that double collared sunbirds (suikerbekkies) enjoy the nectar of the flowers of the same tree all day long, you know that we are not in Jeffreys Bay anymore. We since Saturday stay in Knysna, the gateway to the big forest on the garden route, one of the most beautiful natural gardens in our country.

On Friday, the day before we left Jeffreys, our car gave us warnings of two problems that we should attend to. They could be easily and at very low cost be fixed, but if we ignored the warnings, we would have had a most inconvenient and costly problem to resolve. Listening well to what the car showed us, helped us to avoid catastrophe. I thank the Lord for these warnings he helped us to recognise, and for his provision in everything we do and wherever we go.

God warns us way ahead of time of the dangers in our spiritual life as well as of the challenges for his church. It always was the case. In the days of Amos the prophet, God said through his servant:
Amos 3: 6 and 7: When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

But we must listen when we hear and see that God reveals his plan, we must take the action God’s wisdom shows us and be prepared. Nothing is impossible to God, who will provide in our every need, even when dangers prowl.
We always must give our best and our all to God. When the day of the Lord comes, we will be prepared to heed his warning and triumph in his Name and by his grace and mercy. Our God gives wisdom as much as he gives warning.

May you be blessed when you serve God wholeheartedly, responding to his revelations and conquer through his omnipotent power! Be prepared to receive the Lord’s solution on the day of danger and attack, by giving him your best and giving him your all.