1 Kings 13: Another Neglect

While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the old prophet who had brought him back. 
He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you. 
You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers.’” - 1 Kings 13:20-22 NIV

This story has always fascinated me.  How could two men hear a different word from the Lord?  That God spoke to the first prophet cannot be disputed.  Everything he prophesied about Israel eventually came true.  The old prophet, however, was not afraid to lie to get what he wanted, so he told the first prophet that God had told him to bring him to his house so he could eat and drink, contrary to the message he had heard from God.  The old prophet fabricated everything for his own means until he heard the true voice of God and realized the consequences of his actions. 

I think the lesson to be learned from this is that when we hear God speak, and know that it is truly his voice, we cannot listen to what anyone else would tell us on God's behalf.  We cannot neglect what God commands us for another voice.  God does not get confused and He does not confuse us.  If we are confused, it is not His voice we are hearing.