Vexar's Journal: There is no second Message

1 Kings 13 discusses a young prophet who heeds the message of an old prophet who was lying to him. The old prophet was probably jealous or something similar, not liking the upstart who had just received the favor of King Jeroboam. The young prophet respected the stature of the old prophet enough to believe the lie. The old prophet tricked the younger into going against the explicit word of God, ate in the city when he was told not to, and died on the road (apparently, there was a substantial problem with lions eating people back then), according to message from God that the young prophet had received.

This guy didn't die in vain. There was a purpose to his death. When you are prompted by God to do something, God isn't going to change his mind. He's not going to go back and say "Yo! Hey, about that bold idea? Nah, be cautious, do the safe thing." Most of the time, I'm betting we won't pay a consequence like dying at the feet of some pointy-toothed lion, but in our world, we have other suffering.

If you don't have your college degree, and you know in your heart you should get it, you know it is the right thing to do, then that's God prompting you. Sure, you probably have a good number of excuses not to bother. I certainly do. A faithful life isn't about excuses. Maybe your path in life needs to get out of the gutter first, before you have a clear path.