Micaiah was honorable. He spoke only what God told him to speak.
John 5:19-23 ..........19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. NKJV
UNITY!
We find the king wanted his flesh creature soothed and fur to be stroked, so to speak, but Micaiah the prophet was only going to speak the truth God gave him to speak.
This passage of scripture from 2
Chronicles 18:1-13........is where King of Judah.....Jehoshaphat allied himself
with Ahab. The King of Judah always wanted God's word on every move and action.
Yet this same King allied himself with Ahab...........a man who had 400
prophets who were not men of God.......and they all prophesied the same thing.
But King Jehoshaphat asked Ahab, if he had any other prophets and bring
him .....................and Ahab said" well there is Micaiah, the
son of Imla, but I hate him for Micaiah always prophesies evil concerning
me." Even when confronted to lie , the prophet still told truth...he
had to tell truth (even reading further of how the people were all scattered
sheep with no Shepherd) from verse 16! The lesson in all
this.........is that if all want unity, some unity is that which ultimately brings disaster and much death. As in
this case and even reading further, "unity is NOT ALWAYS GOOD FOR THE WRONG THING".
There should be "no compromising beliefs"!
It is in our trusting God and His word of truth that keeps us safe and out of harms way! It is always that which comes back to each of us as a walk in OBEDIENCE to what God says.
Isaiah 59:18-19...........18 According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coast lands He will fully repay.
19 So shall they fear
The name of the LORD from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in like a flood,
The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. NKJV
Our union is with God. It is that unity that stands. It is the same as in the union of a couple. The man taking his wife, a good thing.......for the husband.
Proverbs 18:22........22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
And obtains favor from the LORD. NKJV
Obtaining favor from the LORD and walking in unity is done with no compromise. So, too, our union with God is to speak as He speaks, and to do as He has done!
There are many talking today, and many taking to the streets, but is it unity for the wrong thing? Yes, we certainly have the Word of God, but are we actually quoting the scripture, or are we just tossing it out, like in the manner of just speaking out loud, "we have Psalm 91 protection" and "let's get back to the program on T.V." or "let's get back to our meeting", or " I have to get back and work my 80 hours for this work" "and don't have time to confess right now"?
The adversary knows the Word of God too! He certainly would love our not quoting the actual scripture. Have we gotten complacent about speaking the Word we are standing on, believing for a change in our circumstances either financially, physically, or mentally? Have we just become those who believe, "well I know the Word," and think that will suffice? What about something seriously as to an illness in the body? Knowing we should have our arsenal ready of God's Word and should actually be quoting the entire Word for Word.....like speaking 1 Peter 2:24.
1 Peter 2:24..........24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed. NKJV
For I certainly know this one by heart, and so do many others who have walked down that path of body issues and stood against death and dying to live for the Lord and His Glory!
But it is standing and believing that Word THAT prevails in our lives and brings us close to God and His voice to hear when we quote the very word's Jesus spoke. It is not being complacent, but actually standing to believe for those things of God in Heaven to come to earth and prevail!
Today, was hearing what is about to transpire in Baltimore, Maryland. It is those gangs that come under unity to do what looks like violence and evil on the earth.
Our prayer is to be for all individuals, who, either, are going there, live there, or are about to be born there, that God the Father will have His way there. It is for us to believe and expect safety for all, for justice to be done, yes, and for light to come into the region to show what is wrong in the system.
Is anyone praying?
What is it that God want us to speak over this situation and every other situation that arises, and yes, there will be many more just like them. But we are to keep our focus on God alone. We pray over those things happening in other cities and states, we pray for wisdom from God to flow those leaders of Baltimore, Maryland and expect those things to be resolved in peace with no loss of lives and property. We desire our communities here to remain in peace, to have unity that is of justice in our land and no loss of lives or property for anyone. Our expectancy is to know and see that our prayers are being answered for our all members of society of this land we call America. For God truly made us in His image, did He not?
People talk today about tatoos and the blue hair, yet I saw people with tatoos in my youth. The women with the "blue hair" lived in our neighborhood. Yes, they were all those over seventy years and older of age and they were having their gray hair covered with this bluing tint. For a few years as a child, I thought I was the only grand-child with the blue-haired granny! I would not have considered having "blue" hair at the time! So any color sprayed into the hair today means nothing to me, for I saw it years ago. It is just what the person likes and are free to color away with what suits them in any color scheme.
But when we talk of unity for anything that causes harm, we have to know and hold up that Word of God as a standard and expect God to have His will and way in our lives.
I cannot find anywhere that Jesus just spoke, "well, I have Psalm 91 protection" and that was it, done and nothing more said!..No! Wrong..........we must speak out......that Word. Jesus said that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.............! He directed us to the SPOKEN WORD..........NOT JUST SAYING PSALM 91(PROTECTION)........BUT TO THE ENTIRE PASSAGE BEING SPOKEN! When the adversary asked a question, Jesus replied like "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word the proceeds from the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:1-11................4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." 4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' " 5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
'He shall give His angels charge over you,'
and, 'In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' "
7 Jesus said to him, "It is written again, 'You shall not tempt the LORD your God.' " 8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.' " 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. NKJV
SO if Jesus knew He had to speak it out, then we have to speak it out as well! What is the adversary speaking and what will we lift up against him? Just saying Psalm 91 protection will not be enough.
In Proverbs 2:10-14...it says that wisdom enters our heart, and
knowledge is pleasant to our soul, 11 discretion will preserve us;
understanding will keep us. 12 to deliver us from the way of evil, from the man
who speaks perverse things, 13 from those who leave the paths of uprightness to
walk in the ways of darkness; 14 who rejoice in doing evil, and delight in the
perversity of the wicked; (NKJV)
As we stay in His Word and learning His wisdom, then we
will not fall into the fear factor of relying on the five senses and of
clothing ourselves in darkness! It is imperative to have the light of
God's truth shining in on the thing or the man who is set out to harm us! We do not KNOW everything that is on our path, but God certainly does. We
definitely do not want to be the driver, who forcefully drives further into
darkness and confusion and try to make a "right decision" based of
the five-senses that bring folly.
It is the Word of God that will keep you and me, preserve you and
me, and will deliver us from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse
things. We are to adhere to God's teachings, and stay in the light,
understanding that God's ways and thoughts are life to us. As we do this daily, our
hearts are growing in courage to make the "right decisions" in the moment
we need them most and speak them out if the "bad" report comes. When or if the enemy appears, we have the courage in our
hearts to defeat him with the light and truth of God's Word. He gave us mouths to use.
It is by confessing daily that Word over our lives and our children's lives. We speak into situations before they arise much like we pray over a trip to be made across the country before actually making the trip across country. When we pray over the protection for the entire family going, the gas, the places to sleep and the places to stop to eat should be covered by the Word that protects and not just by saying..."Psalm 91 protection". When we plead Jesus' Blood do we know what we are doing when we speak it out and why?
When I was going through those many hours of blood transfusion, I had already been confessing the Word for months. I had already been applying and speaking it out loud, each verse, word by word. And when waiting on the result of the hemoglobin after that second blood transfusion, my Father reminded me of the confession Nahum 1:9...........it will not rise up in "me" a second time.........!
Nahum 1:7-9................7 The LORD is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood
He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.
9 What do you conspire against the LORD?
He will make an utter end of it.
Affliction will not rise up a second time. NKJV
My God in me, was not going to allow this thing to rise up a second time in my life. My husband was sending a text by cell phone those who were waiting on some report from the procedure. The Lord had given us more ammunition to use when He gave us Nahum 1:9. My husband got a response back and there were others speaking it in unity with me "out loud" in their home! Amen!
My God in me, was not going to allow this thing to rise up a second time in my life. My husband was sending a text by cell phone those who were waiting on some report from the procedure. The Lord had given us more ammunition to use when He gave us Nahum 1:9. My husband got a response back and there were others speaking it in unity with me "out loud" in their home! Amen!
Yes, there is a whole lot of talking going on and some is just "blah, blah, blah", but when we speak God's Word and see life from it, we see the miraculous of God come to something that others only see as a fearful place and a place of death or dying.
Father, I pray that each of us will hear and run with the vision, and the dream YOU Father placed in our hearts long ago. May we be people of unity to speak as You have spoken. May our lives burn with compassion for YOUR Word and MAY our days be not
lackluster, but our horizons shimmer like the sun on the waves of the ocean, always drawing us
ever closer to the purpose OF Your plan for our lives as we speak and pray Your Word. We pray our words would always be the same as YOURS and that we would always be growing to be ever led to those paths of new
adventures in YOU!
WE know that You have given us Your Holy Spirit and according to John 3:34,35 “for since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God’s own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit! The Father loves the Son and has given (entrusted, committed) everything into His hand.” By this Holy Word, You gave to Us Your Holy Spirit without measure. I loose HIM now into our lives. Holy Spirit spark our lives with the match of faith.
May our lives be dominated by YOUR truth that sets captives free and may we always be those who will encourage others to speak in unity knowing that as we hold up that Word of God as a standard, that we are expectant God to have His will and way in our lives. In Jesus's name, amen and amen!WE know that You have given us Your Holy Spirit and according to John 3:34,35 “for since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God’s own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit! The Father loves the Son and has given (entrusted, committed) everything into His hand.” By this Holy Word, You gave to Us Your Holy Spirit without measure. I loose HIM now into our lives. Holy Spirit spark our lives with the match of faith.
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