HE will save you from mistakes…

another reason why it is important to hear from GOD is it protects me from mistakes.

the bible says in job 33.14, 17-18 (lb), GOD speaks...causing them to change their minds, and keeping them from pride, and...from falling into some trap.

if you listen, GOD will warn you in advance and you'll avoid a whole lot of mistakes in life, if you really start tuning into GOD. HE'll tell you.

a few years back, i had the opportunity to go to another church on the district where I was pastor. it was a larger church and i went and interviewed with the board and they gave me a unanimous vote to bring my name before all the members. on the saturday night right before they were to vote on us on sunday morning, i was in deep prayer and i had within me a deep sense that this was a mistake, that it just wasn't right, so i called my district superintendent and told him i was sorry but i didn't want them to vote on me.

i know beyond all doubt that it would have been a big mistake. GOD wanted me where I was. GOD stopped me from making a big mistake.

i can't tell you how many times i have been saved from making major mistakes. if you listen to GOD it will save you a lot of mistakes.

some of you are maybe having a tough time in your marriage and you are possibly contemplating divorce. GOD says to you real clearly, "don't." i'm not sure at all but maybe someone someone reading this is considering moving in with somebody who's not your husband or your wife and not marrying them. GOD says, "don't."

everytime i ignore GOD's will i get in trouble. some of you are possibly challenged to make an unethical decision at work and GOD is saying, "don't do it." some of you are being challenged to put other priorities ahead of GOD and your family. GOD says, "that is foolish! don't do it." HE'll save you from mistakes.

some of you are considering a new job or a new house or a new car or a new whatever. don't do it until you ask GOD. there was a car i bought once that i bought on an impulse and i didn't ask GOD and i had all kinds of problems. if i'd asked GOD i know HE would have told me to wait but there have been other times i asked HIM and HE said yes and it was the best decision i had ever made. HE'll save you from mistakes.

just a thought from the front porch…