If God said "don't", Please Don't!

If God said "don't", Please Don't!

"Don’t be wise in your own eyes, fear God and depart from evil” Prov. 3:7

  

In the year 2009, I found myself in one of the hospitals in the Volta Region of Ghana where I pursued my nursing practical studies. Right in the children’s ward of the hospital, I happened to communicate with a mother who brought her two (2) years old child into the ward for admission. The child was diagnosed of severe 2^nd degree burns and simple fracture by the Doctor on consultation. According to the mother, she had wanted to prepared tea for the little child, before taking her to the “Day Care” school on that Wednesday morning. “It was after putting the water on the fire when I realized that there was no sugar for the tea. I therefore went to the street to see if I can find some in store nearby for the breakfast” she narrated sadly. On her way back from the store she saw from a long distance that her child was walking towards the standing coal pot that contained hot water. She said she yelled at her first sight from that distance; “don’t go near”, “don’t”… Please don’t! This little child could not comply and walked speedily to the hot fire. He could not comply probably because he didn’t hear from that long distance, or he heard the voice but could not comprehend the meaning. By the time this mother would run to save the poor child, he tossed the pot on the fire and fell onto the ground together with the cooking pot and the coal pot. An accident occurred and in the course of this accident, five (5) things happened:

1. The hot cooking pot fell and landed on the chest of the naked boy.
2. The hot water poured over the child’s trunk and scalded him completely.
3. The hot coal pot fell on the child’s feet and roasted his legs.
4. The fire in the coal pot poured over the child’s arm and burns occurred.
5. As the child fell, he sustained a fracture on his left arm.

The mother was very sorry and concluded in tears; “I wish he had heard my voice”

Beloved, just like this mother, when a true child of God is about to do something that God does not approve, God whispers into his ears, “don’t do it... Please don’t”! If this Christian is conscientious, he /she will listen and refrain. Nevertheless Satan made it in some individuals that that they don’t hear this voice at all. Some hear the voice but do not understand it, others understand but do not comply, the result of which is an accident. God’s commandment is divided into two (2) broad classes; “thou shall and thou shall not” or “dos and don’ts”. Unfortunately Satan, the serpent of the old who tries to ‘undo’ what do ‘did’ is also in the act of altering God’s dos for don’ts and vice versa. This is an adulteration and as higher ground pilgrim, pray you don’t accept it. Don’t remove and don’t add, simply pray and listen, listen and understand, understand and comply.

20 "DO NOT'S" OF GOD THROUGH  KING SOLOMON

1. Do not follow sinners doing what they love doing (Prov. 1v15).

2. Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the Lord (Prov. 3v7)

3. Do not take good things from those to whom they belong (Prov. 3v27)

4. Do not envy those who do wicked things (Prov. 3v31)

5. Do not turn to the left or to the right, avoid evil (Prov. 4v27)

6. Do not lust immorally after the opposite sex (Prov. 6v25)

7. Do not try to pay evil for evil deeds (Prov. 20v22)

8. Do not be lazy in any of your work (Prov. 20v13)

9. Do not oppress the poor people (Prov. 22v22)

10. Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers set (Prov. 23v28)

11. Do not mix with wine drinkers and gluttons (Prov. 23v20)

12. Do not seek the downfall of another person (Prov. 24v15)

13. Do not rejoice when an enemy falls (Prov. 24v17)

14. Do not go to court hastily against your neighbor (Prov. 25v8)

15. Do not boast about tomorrow, (Prov. 27v1)

16. Do not add to God’s word, (Prov. 30v6)

17. Do not set your eyes on wine when it’s red in the glass (Prov. 23v31)

18. Do not be a false witness against your neighbor (Prov. 24v28)

19. Do not be quick with your mouth (Eccl 5v2)

20. Do not be quickly provoked (Eccl. 7v9)

Today if you hear His voice, DO NOT harden your heart. Hardening your heart attracts a reward of indiscipline. The reward is dangerous, its accident! “….To him who knows to do good and does not, to him it is sin”…..James 4:17. Obey the voice of God, making your steps smooth and head towards eternal life.

HELPFUL QUOTES:

• Don’t waste today regretting yesterday instead of making a memory for tomorrow. – Laura Palmer
• It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but don’t think we can dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. – Josiah Stamp
  
  
• Don’t work using excuses. Excuses are the tools that a person with no purpose or vision uses to build greater and taller monuments of emptiness. – John Mason
• Don’t pray for the rain if you are going to complain about the mud. – John Mason
  
  
• Don’t allow troubles to appear before you pray. Don’t let your victory engine beep “battery low” before you insert the charger. – Israel More
  
  
• Be grateful for what you have and don’t be regretful for what you don’t have. - John Mason
  
  
• You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. –John Mason
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• The way of man minus God’s approval is as deadly as a rope bridge over a big gutter. ­–Israel More

--Israelmore Eli Ayivor