What happens if God says something I don't want to hear?

We are human. 

We are influenced by our inherited fallen nature.

 (No man is inherently good. The Bible makes that very clear.)

Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

If you disagree with me, please take it up with God yourself.

So it is possible that at some point God will communicate something to us, that our yet to be fully sanctified nature will disagree with Him about.

Disagreeing with God is a special kind of madness, but it is one I have experienced in my own life to my own detriment. Surprise!

Disagreeing with God is so foolish because:

He is all powerful, all knowing, our Creator, has unconditional extreme lovingkindness towards us, wants the best for our and others' lives, is outside time and space knowing everything in the past, present and future. I could go on, but hopefully we get the point.

Also God is eternal, so if we are in disagreement with Him in this life, guess who has the most time on their side?

God can patiently wait for us to come to the obvious conclusion He is right, but we can waste a huge amount of time in our finite life span getting to that point. May I say from personal experience it is just not worth it!

Okay, if you need a personal testimony to be convinced, I am willing to give you one from my own life. Wisdom is learning from other peoples' mistakes, so I really hope that can be true here, and my foolishness can be useful to help someone else learn a better way.

Some years ago I confronted someone about the potentially dangerous spiritual path they were taking, hurtful words were spoken in response, and a personal friendship was broken. I knew I was right and they were wrong in this situation. 

During my five minute times of listening to the Lord after these events, the person's face would come into my mind, and I could hear God's voice very clearly encouraging me to be reconciled with this person.

Then I started down the path of madness by arguing with God rather than obeying His prompting. I told God if I sought reconciliation with the person, they would think they were right and I was wrong. I knew they were being deceived spiritually, and I didn't want to encourage them in it!

Madness I know, but I totally justified my behavior in my own mind. I wonder if anyone else reading this has done the same in a different circumstance.

God is loving, gracious, patient and .... persistent up to a point. He will not strive with us forever.

Genesis 6:3 "And the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."

Most of us don't get to that age, so time is not in our favor if we are trying to resist God.

God would speak to me from time to time about this issue, but I tried to ignore His words and 'get on with my life'. No prizes for guessing how well that went.

How long do you think I kept up my argument with God?

A week, a month, a year?

I am very sorry to say I kept up my madness and foolishness for three years, and I didn't know true inner peace for that whole time. I was still right I would remind myself, but the ache in my heart didn't affirm it.

After three years 'I came to my senses', and said to God during a prayer time, "Alright I will go and see this person, but you have to tell me what to say."

Quicker than a quick flash, the Holy Spirit replied "Tell them you are sorry for caring more about being right than caring for them."

Ouch!

Moment of revelation, which is often what happens when we actually take time to listen to God.

"Okay I will."

I contacted the person, and asked if I could go around and see them. Yes it was hard, but the other option in continuing my stubborn resistance was harder. 

I sat with them in their home, and said the words God had told me, and immediately a massive weight came off my spirit and I felt free.

They weren't ready to be reconciled, but I had done my part. It was some years later again, that they contacted me wanting to apologize and be reconciled, but that is their journey to tell.

Does it make sense to accept what God says to you, (if it lines up with His Word, the Bible), and not to start arguing with Him?

I think so!