January 26, 2025, 1 Kings 22:1-12
January 26, 2025, 1 Kings 22:1-12
22 For
three years Syria and Israel continued without war. 2 But
in the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of
Israel. 3 And the king of Israel said to his
servants, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet
and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?” 4 And
he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as
your people, my horses as your horses.”
5 And
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of
the Lord.” 6 Then
the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men,
and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I
refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the
king.” 7 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not
here another prophet of the Lord of
whom we may inquire?” 8 And the king of Israel said
to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I
hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And
Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.” 9 Then
the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son
of Imlah.” 10 Now the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their
robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and
all the prophets were prophesying before them. 11 And
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said,
“Thus says the Lord, ‘With
these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.’” 12 And
all the prophets prophesied so and said, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph;
the Lord will give it
into the hand of the king.”
How often we don’t listen
to the preaching of God’s Word because we don’t like what they say! Can you think of a time when you heard
someone preach and you felt like the preacher had been reading your mail? God brings His Word to us so we can see where
we need to make changes. Sometimes God
is telling us to do something. It might
be teaching, helping a ministry, working with kids, or giving money to a
specific mission. Sometimes it is something
we are to stop doing. A sin in our lives
or a good thing we are doing, but God has someone else in mind for that
task. God has a plan for us and if we
ask Him to guide us, He will show us the right path, but we cannot put away
good words from God just because it isn’t what we want to hear.
As a teacher of God’s
Word, we also need to pray that our actions align with our words and God’s
Word. I never want to be found saying
one thing and doing something else. Pray
today and ask God for wisdom and direction on how He wants to use you in His
kingdom.
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