Sticking to what you believe in and not letting others talk you out of it can be great. But when someone gives you a warning of what could happen if you stay on the path you’re on, and you choose to ignore it… well, that’s not so great. Especially if that warning is coming directly from God. So what might that warning look like? It’s usually not an audible voice from God advising you to change the direction you’re going in. Sometimes it’s subtle signs like relationships starting to fall apart, health issues or high stress levels. God can bring things in our lives to mind when He wants us to make a change. Often, we change those things straight away, but at other times it’s not quite that simple. We know we’re on the wrong path, we’re just not quite ready to move off it because there’s a part of us that doesn’t want to give things up. But God knows best. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts’ (Isaiah 55:9 NIV). So, when He tells us to change paths, we should take notice rather than putting it off. If we’re struggling with it, He knows. He’s gentle enough to guide us and change us a bit at a time. But He can’t do that if we’re resisting Him. So when we feel prompted to make a change and go in a new direction, let’s allow Him to gently work in us, remembering that He knows what’s best.
What now?
Write down any areas of your life where things seem to be going wrong or that make you feel unusually stressed out. Notice any patterns? Ask God if these feelings are actually a nudge towards making changes in those areas.