Some people have good information and some don’t.
THOUGHT #1: Bad information from the right person can sound really good, and sometimes we like it like that.
For instance, maybe you have worked with someone who gave out information to gain control or prestige, but they didn’t have good information; it didn’t hold true. This type of person appears confident and competent. If you didnt know better, you would think they knew what they were talking about. So they “hold court” and sometimes people flock to them because they appear legitimate, and because they are saying what you want to hear.
But you find out you can’t trust their information.
It sounded valid, but at some point if you followed through on what they said you would fail. You would order the wrong parts, load the wrong product, send the wrong spreadsheet, fail to assemble the machine according to spec, follow the wrong lead, whatever is relevant to your job.
Likewise we have people who give us bad information about life. In fact, by default this is what we all do. We only have good information if we allow God to rewire us, transform us by renewing the way we think.
Its bad enough that we view life on Earth and life as it continues on to Heaven from a skewed, flawed perspective, but we gladly share our foolishness with others.
We dont give due diligence to our information gathering process. We make a cursory effort because often we dont want to know because we would have to make a decision contrary to what we think brings us joy and satisfaction.
But lets not let being clueless slow us down.
We are clueless and God tries to give us a clue, but we refuse what God says because we would prefer to rely on what we think. Well, that makes sense. What was I thinking?
THOUGHT #2: If you refuse to allow God to change your thinking, you will give a cursory examination to issues that matter for eternity to satisfy your current desires.
You will give decisions that matter for forever a lick and a promise.
A lick and a promise An interesting idiom indeed.
Meaning: A cursory effort, for instance at painting or tidying up. It alludes to the perfunctory washing performed by children.
Origin: This is colloquial English and is first recorded in print in Walter White’s All round the Wrekin, 1860. We only gives the cheap ones a lick and a promise.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-lick-and-a-promise.html
A lick and a promise
A superficial effort made without care or enthusiasm.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lick+and+a+promise
Give something a lick and a promise
1. to clean something quickly and not carefully. I put on my new suit, gave my shoes a lick and a promise, and left the house.
2. to do a job or piece of work quickly and not carefully. We didn’t have time to do much clearing up in the yard – just gave the grass a lick and a promise.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/give+a+lick+and+a+promise
So just possibly we should listen to God.
Can you see how wise this strategy is? God is the only one who can give us information that will carry through life now and forever. Even standing before God himself, the ultimate adventure in being scrutinized, our information will hold true.
Dang! And I was smart enough to catch on to that while still on this planet.
(Psalms 119:89 NCV) LORD, your word is everlasting; it continues forever in heaven.
