Listening to the wrong Counsel

 

 

2 Chronicles 10:12-19

 

June 23, 2023

 

So, Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.”  And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men, King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”  So, the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the Lord might fulfill his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So, all Israel went to their tents.  But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.  Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.  So, Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

King Rehoboam listened to the wrong council and it cost him the kingdom.  Today many of the Corporations, churches, and retailers are doing the same thing.  It always comes with a large pricetag, the king should have listened to the elders and he would not have lost his kingdom.

In the same way, a young man would be wise to do what Jan and I did in our marriage.  We have been married for almost 58 years, and yet in our thirties, our marriage was in big trouble.  I was listening to the wrong council, and it took a wise man named Ted Anderson to get me back on the right path.  So, we began looking for couples that had good marriages to spend our time with them, and we did our best to model the good things they did.  

It seems like many Corporations, Churches, and Retailers are listening to the young marketers coming out of college who have bought into the woke mentality.  Like King Rehoboam, not listening to the elders or understanding the mindset of the people the Corporations, Churches, and Retailers, are not understanding the desire of the Customer, who is 97 percent of their base, and are not happy with the message they are sending.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice