Breakfast For Your Soul

Thursday, August 6, 2009

  And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let your word, I pray you, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.  And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that will I speak.

[1 Kings 22:13-14]

“Speak The Truth”

Good Morning Beloved,

The bible is full of intriguing events.  This story was no exception.  Here you have a good king, Jehoshaphat, King of Judah and a weak king Ahab, King of Israel about to go into battle together against the King of Syria.  We can tell by his actions that Jehoshaphat was a little nervous about an alliance with Ahab.  The first thing he asked him was if there was a prophet in town that could find out from the Lord if this was a good idea.  Ahab summoned ’his’ prophets — all 400 of them. Jehoshaphat may not have been a prophet, but he knew that these raggedy men were lying and about to get him killed.  After they went through all their gyrations and theatrics, Jehoshaphat asked Ahab if those were the only prophets in town.  Ahab told him that there was one more, but he hated that one because he never told him anything good.  Hmmmmm… wonder why… could it have been because there was nothing good to say about him?  Ahab could not see how his marrying an evil pagan wife (Jezebel), and leading the people of Israel into idol worship and sin among other things had made God angry.  Ahab had sealed his own fate. Enter Micaiah… a true prophet of God.  Regina translation, the conversation went something like this, “look here man, just go ahead and say some good stuff like all the other prophets”.  I believe Micaiah decided to have a little fun with them.  His initial answer to the king was dripping with sarcasm, and then it was like he said, “syche… dude you gonna die” … well he did not say that in so many words… read the story it is very interesting.  Hated by the king, mocked by the other prophets, even slapped by one of them, Micaiah stood his ground and spoke the truth.  Ahab had him arrested, instructing them to basically feed him bread and water until he returned from war…. of course he didn’t.  We don’t read what happened to Micaiah after his encounter with Ahab.  He pops us, says what he has to say and disappears.  The effect of his words were felt for generations to come.  God had pronounced judgement on the house of Ahab and everything connected to him died… Thank God for the mercy and grace of Jesus!  Speaking the truth, may seem to have disasterous consequences at times, but the alternative is so much worse.  God Himself will uphold a righteous person, but when we decide to bend, skip over or ignore the truth… we tie His Holy Hands in that situation.

Lord, who shall abide in Your tabernacle? who shall dwell in Your holy hill?  He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.

[Psalm 15:1-2]

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But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship Him.
John 4:23

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God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

John 4:24

…. and that Beloved is Good News!

U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Day

Regina

“A Song of Strength”, Fred Hammond & RFC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksl2mDf3c9I

“Worship Medley”, Darwin Hobbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGdwBrIvww

“Breathe Into Me”, Fred Hammond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hpl_906fqk

Shelter “Psalm 91″, Jumelle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwt2mSjXxBw