Don’t make Israel’s mistake.
“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to King Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.”
– Hosea 5:13 (KJV)
One foot in front of the other… “To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, [God gives] eternal life.” – Romans 2:7 (KJV)
[Luke 17:32] Remember Lot’s wife.
[Ezra 8:22] For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
[John 14:9] Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
You might say he’s crazy. “The Son of Man came … to give His life a ransom for many.” – Matthew 20:28 KJV
Better left unsaid. “Do not curse the king, even in your thought; do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom; for a bird of the air may carry your voice, and a bird in flight may tell the matter.” – Ecclesiastes 10:20