Wake up, coffee, wash, dress, breakfast, read the Bible, pray, what's the news?
Life is filled with things we have to do, things we want to do.
We want to know what is going on, and we want to know that things will be ok.
King Ahab was going to war, and he want to check what would happen. So they called in the prophets who told them they would win, but King Jehosaphat wanted to be sure and insisted that they have a real prophet of the Lord. This is what he said:
"Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD lives, I can tell him only what the LORD tells me….I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the LORD said, 'These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.'"
1 Kings 22:14, 17 [NIV]
Ahab calling in the prophets seems to be little more than following a habit, or perhaps a protocol which was required of him. He didn't really want to follow God, but rather seems to have wanted to have God give approval to whatever he had decided to do.
It must have been a challenge for Micaiah to remain faithful to God, disagreeing with the prevailing opinion.
And what about us?
Do we want to hear from God, and follow him?
Are there times when we have to stand up for what God is saying, even if it isn't popular?
Tim Norman
Read the Bible in a year: Proverbs 15:31-16:7, 1 Kings 22:1-53, Acts 19:1-41
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