If Only He Had Known.

Matthew 24:43 KJV

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

If only he had known.

So often is this true:

• If only the man had known, he wouldn't have run that red light
• If only henbane known he wouldn't have gone to that bar
• If only he had known he would have taken his kids to church
• If only he had known he would have paid more attention to his wife

On and on we could go with the list of what people would or would not have done if only they had known the negative consequences to their actions, or lack thereof.

The thing is, we do know.

• We know running a red light is dangerous
• We know drinking alcohol leads to no good
• We know children (adults too) do better if they are seriously involved in church
• We know marriages require time and attention

We know. We just deny that we need to worry about them for ourselves.

We know right. We just don't want to do it.

We know wrong. We just don't like rules.