Neither King Zedekiah nor his attendants nor the people who were left in the land listened to what the Lord said through Jeremiah. Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.” (Jeremiah 37:2-3)It gets odd sometimes. On the one hand, people do not want to hear what you have to say and the messages you have from God. On the other hand, they know in their hearts that you are from God and want to have your intercession for them
And sometimes, even though they do not want to hear your message from God, they still recognize your calling and want you to pray for them. But when you pray, they want you to pray the way they want to hear.
It’s a strange game of trying to circumvent the will of God while asking God for his will. They want it but they don’t want it. They want to hear it but on their own terms.
It is a view of God as an erratic order taker. You ask him for something and he gives you something else. You reject what he has to give you and ask for what you want again. And this continues. You want people to view you as religious, or even holy – after all, you keep asking God for his will in your life – yet you are not willing to listen when he tells you.
Jeremiah the prophet would tell them what God had to say. They would get mad and tell him that wasn’t what God had to say. They would whip him and put him in jail and everything else they could do to make him shut up. Then they would ask him again. After all, they were simple holy people only wanting to know what God had to say.
However, when God would say it, they would put their fingers in their ears and shout loudly so they couldn’t hear it. Then they would ask again.
And they kept on doing this holing that sooner or later, God would give them what they wanted. Until God got tired of them and refused to give any kind of answer.
When God speaks to you, listen to him before he gets tired of you and quits talking com0letely.
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