Someone once said to me, “Your shoe is untied.”
I replied, “Yes, I know and the next time I’m down there, I’ll take care of it.”
Translation: I’m on a mission and that is not the priority at the present time. Not being sidelined from a mission takes quick thought.
It’s found in 1 Kings 13. There was a prophet sent on a special mission from God. However, another prophet distracted him by giving a deceptive message. This led to his untimely death.
Here’s the result of the false prophet’s urgings:
1 Kings 13:26
And when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the word of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD spoke to him.
If you have clear direction from God, I would strongly suggest you be found doing it.
Give it some thought.
Gary