Do We Really Want to Hear the Truth?

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.” And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has turned from you and become your enemy? The LORD has done to you as he spoke by me, for the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David. Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the LORD has done this thing to you this day. Moreover, the LORD will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me. The LORD will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”
(1 Samuel 28:15-19 ESV)
Saul had risked his life to get this message. He had gone a route he knew deep down was wrong - through a medium.  When he asks what he should do he gets the cold hard facts: give up and die.  His punishment had not changed: he was still going to lose the kingdom.  Added to that was an even more depressing thought: he and his son would die in battle.  I'm sure those are not the words that Saul wanted to hear.  It was like getting the worst news possible.  Sometimes the truth seems more than we can bear.  But it does not have to be that way. In Saul's case and in ours, when we accept the truth he gives now, such as "confess and repent, you've really messed up", and accept the consequences of our actions, then it becomes much more workable for us to blend into God's plan for us. The road will be smoother, and the "shocks" less jolting.  It will not be like hitting a semi head-on because we kept barreling down the wrong way on the road of life. Now is the time to head the warning signs, seek directions, and listen to instruction.