She did
not consider her future.
(Lamentations 1:9)She is Jerusalem. Lamentations is exactly that, a lament written to chronicle the grief over Jerusalem’s destruction and her inhabitants exiled to Babylon.
The writer
makes it clear that Judah’s fall was directly related to her disobedience and
egocentric attitude. Though cautioned time after time about the consequences of
such a lifestyle, Judah ignored the warnings and rushed through the darkness
denying there was a cliff.
In Eugene
Peterson’s rendition of Proverbs we read: Don’t
judge wine by its label, or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor. Judge it
rather by the hangover it leaves you with, the queasy stomach (The Message,
Proverbs 23:31,32).
In other
words, we would do good to look further in front of us than our own immediate
gratification. A wise person considers the consequences and makes an informed
decision.
Have you considered the
consequences of your present course of action?
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