GONE WILD

Proverbs 12:17
7 He who speaks truth declares righteousness,
But a false witness, deceit.
NKJV

Proverbs 14:5

5 A trustworthy witness will not lie, 

But a false witness utters lies. 

NASU

Rumor is a terrible thing! It is a dangerous path to talk about something we might have seen with our own eyes without the right knowledge. Our own perception without that right knowledge is that of the "false".  And to utter such.......is the false witness!

Proverbs 30:7-9

7 Two things I request of You 

(Deprive me not before I die): 

8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;

Give me neither poverty nor riches--

Feed me with the food allotted to me; 

9 Lest I be full and deny You,

And say, "Who is the LORD?"

Or lest I be poor and steal,

And profane the name of my God. 

NKJV

Remove falsehood and lies far from me.

We know that God does not lead us into temptation. We can do that part really well! (remember: the sin nature)  But we are to stand fast against that which is the false..........!

2 Chronicles 18:1-34

18:1 Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab. 2 After some years he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria; and Ahab killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people who were with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead. 3 So Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, "Will you go with me against Ramoth Gilead?" And he answered him, "I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war." 

4 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire for the word of the LORD today." 5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?" And they said, "Go up, for God will deliver it into the king's hand." 

Yes, this king had many prophets. They were some four hundred in number.

6 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?" 7 So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla." 

And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say such things!" 8 Then the king of Israel called one of his officers and said, "Bring Micaiah the son of Imla quickly!" 9 The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, clothed in their robes, sat each on his throne; and they sat at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 10 Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made horns of iron for himself; and he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'With these you shall gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.' " 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king's hand." 

This messenger called Micaiah........and told him saying this: "now listen, the words of the prophets with one accord encourage the king. Therefore please let your word be like the word of one of them and speak encouragement."  Yikes! This messenger wanted Micaiah to lie! See below:

12 Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "Now listen, the words of the prophets with one accord encourage the king. Therefore please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak encouragement." 13 And Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak." 14 Then he came to the king; and the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?" And he said, "Go and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand!" 15 So the king said to him, "How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" 16 Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.' " 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" 

Wow......what a predicament when one sees evil as good, and good as evil!


In verse 14...."shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?
Imagine letting someone choose for you about going to war! Yet, Micaiah was called out to bring the Word of the Lord........that whisper from God.

In verse 16 Micaiah spoke truth from the LORD..........He said......."I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.' Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat........"Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

18 Then Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and His left. 19 And the LORD said, 'Who will persuade Ahab king of Israel to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?' So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner. 20 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will persuade him.' The LORD said to him, 'In what way?' 21 "So he said, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And the LORD said, 'You shall persuade him and also prevail; go out and do so.' 22 "Therefore look! The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has declared disaster against you." 

That lying to say good things always.......to stroke the "kitty kat" fur is not a good thing to do ever. For we see from the above passage, that because of their lying to please the king, the LORD sent them that which they desired: TO LIE! "Therefore look!" "The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these prophets of yours and the LORD has declared disaster against you."

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the spirit from the LORD go from me to speak to you?" 24 And Micaiah said, "Indeed you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide!" 25 Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; 26 and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace." ' " 27 Then Micaiah said, "If you ever return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Take heed, all you people!" 

Micaiah was then struck because of what he spoke in truth. Zedekiah asked him"Which way did the spirit from the LORD go from me to speak to you?" James 3:17-18

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. NIV

And Micaiah went on to say......"Indeed you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide!"  So..............'thus speaks the king: "Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace." And Micaiah responds by saying, "If you ever return in peace, the  LORD HAS NOT SPOKEN BY ME.". "TAKE HEED ALL YOU PEOPLE."

28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. 29 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots who were with him, saying, "Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel." 31 So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "It is the king of Israel!" Therefore they surrounded him to attack; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him. 32 For so it was, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 33 Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am wounded." 34 The battle increased that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening; and about the time of sunset he died.  NKJV

Verse 29, if this king really valued "his prophets" why did he need to hide his appearance? BECAUSE, he knew they really prophesied to keep a good fellowship so to speak with him. They desired more about pleasing him than really finding the right truth in God.

(I always think of David and Goliath when I read this portion of scripture, and King Saul had tried to dress David in his armor which did not fit. David went as he did in the wilderness, and he went equipped with that which he had trained in with God's help.)

So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle. The king of Syria......... had told those he commanded to "fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel." Yet he , the king of Israel  was in disguise..............so they, the king of Syria and his military men would see and think that king Jehoshaphat was the king of Israel and they rushed him. But he cried out and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him. So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel............they turned back from pursuing him.

Amazing how people can think lies will protect them. In this we saw one king die........being shot by a bow that was shot at random. And yet it found its mark in that which was of deceit and lies.

Making any decision without God is signing on the line with the devil. Our God is to be our light and with His knowledge and wisdom we are led in a place with no confusion and without terror. 

Gone Wild is that "false" evidence avenue.  It is where we are the driver for our own pathway. We are to turn from false sources. Staying in God and His knowledge teaches us His wisdom and will keep us out of any "fear factor". People can speak a lot of different things, but truth is of the Lord.

Staying close to our Father will keep falsehood and lies far from us. And those who speak out against us..........may the Word prevail..........that which speaks...........

Psalm 63:11

11 But the king will rejoice in God;

all who swear by God's name will praise him,

while the mouths of liars will be silenced. NIV

AMEN!

When a leader has GONE WILD.......they are choosing their own pathway and to find the one person who will agree with them in doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. In this we saw the king of Israel had 400 false prophets and 1-truth speaking prophet. In Micaiah's being questioned of the word of the Lord, he stood for truth and bringing praise to God. In his righteousness, he was dealt the bread and water of affliction. Even though he sought the Lord, he found persecution. He was the imprisoned. But even more than that, he knew the king of Israel would die. It was a grievous time for the prophet.
In James 4, we read in verses 1-4 ........as being a friend of the world.
It goes like this from the Amplified Bible:
1 What leads to strife (discord and feuds) and  how do conflicts (quarrels and fightings)  originate among you? Do they not arise from your sensual desires that are ever warring in your bodily members? 2 You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become murderers. [To hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.] You burn with envy and  anger and are not able to obtain [the gratification, the contentment, and the happiness that you seek], so you fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask. [ 1 John 5:15]  3 [Or] you do ask [God for them] and yet fail to receive, because you ask with wrong purpose and evil, selfish motives. Your intention is [when you get what you desire] to spend it in sensual pleasures.  4 You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God]!  Do you not know that being the world's friend is being God's enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his stand as an enemy of God.

See: CONCLUSION OF THIS IN: Worshiping the " THE LUCKY RITUAL"


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SATISFIED!

Psalm 63:4-5............4 Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. ..NKJV

My soul, my mind, will and emotions shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness.
David saw that being satisfied was found within a worship toward God in seeing a healthful body, fullness of all that he needed to live, and having comforts for his life. In his worship he was delighting in what God has for him and was ready to receive them all!

No desire left unfilled.........all would be met by God! All that David aspired to, and had a passion for in God, determined that his desires, those righteous ones would be met in God!

Proverbs 10:24..........24 The fear of the wicked will come upon him,
And the desire of the righteous will be granted.
NKJV

So what is the fear of the wicked...........they are far from God, but the righteous, those who will be satisfied are those close to God. Those who lift holy hands to God in worship are satisfied in their spirit, soul and body! Being satisfied, is being up close and personal with God!

Proverbs 30:15-16................15 The leech has two daughters--

Give and Give!

There are three things that are never satisfied,

Four never say, "Enough!": 

16 The grave,

The barren womb,

The earth that is not satisfied with water--

And the fire never says, "Enough!" ..NKJV

Proverbs 19:23............23 The fear of the LORD leads to life,  And he who has it will abide in satisfaction;  He will not be visited with evil. 

NKJV

Being satisfied is more than just being fed and clothed. If it were enough, then people would stop quarreling among each other. But being satisfied means a lot more than having the need of man met. One neighbor can see another's new car, and that craving for more, of not being satisfied with all that they already have now puts them into jeopardy (danger) for more, more, more!

Ever looked at a fire on the slopes of a great hill or over a land filled with dry vegetation, and it sweeps through like a train keeping its schedule to be on time. The grave receives the body, but demands more. It makes a demand that those who have lost a loved one will pay more. That open grave speaks loudly of its intent to keep the grieving person captive to its desires for more. 
I remember this elder man dying in a community of about 1,000 people. He had been a drinking person and had no friends. When he died, one family member stepped up to see he got the proper burial. We had been invited to attend with them. There were just 5 people attending this man's funeral. There was no celebration of his afterlife in God. And I remember thinking on that poor man in all that, no man came, no person sang, no one cared, but the five who came. It seemed to me even then that the grave demands more on those who place the body, that tent, now empty into the ground. I thought many years after how the grave was demanding more of people, especially of those who attended this one funeral.

People in one part of the country are inundated by floods while another part of the country is in a great famine! The earth is not satisfied with water.....

Psalm  34:11-14 .......11 Come, you children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 

12 Who is the man who desires life,

And loves many days, that he may see good? 

13 Keep your tongue from evil,

And your lips from speaking deceit. 

14 Depart from evil and do good;

Seek peace and pursue it.  NKJV

Being satisfied is having everything we need to accomplish what God has for us to do in this lifetime. People can experience the never being satisfied like the grave or the barren womb. Nothing is more sad than a couple who cannot have a child together. Today we see that the earth requires more water for we see it in our yards and the spans of dry pastures and fields.

And those fires.......always speaking more........with an unique energy, will take on every car and truck on a major interstate highway like we just saw on I-15 near San Bernardino, California. Two weekends ago,  we saw a fire move like a snake up a hillside and over a major highway to engulf vehicles in flames and keep on moving up the hillside. And the most amazing thing was this: the people like the department of transportation could have stopped them long before they got to the place the fire raged, but let the traffic continue so........that a traffic jam stopped the traffic in the middle of nowhere and to be overtaken by a fire with bad attitude! In determining to stop people from driving through a firestorm, who makes the decision and are they qualified to make it?

So if we are not satisfied, then where lays the problem? Is it on God or on us? Well, it certainly has to be with us.

Psalm 37:18-24.........18 The LORD knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever. 
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 
20 But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of the LORD,
Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish.
Into smoke they shall vanish away. 
21 The wicked borrows and does not repay,
But the righteous shows mercy and gives. 
22 For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth,
But those cursed by Him shall be cut off. 

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD,
And He delights in his way. 
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
For the LORD upholds him with His hand. 
NKJV

The Lord knows the days of the upright. He knows those who follow Him, mention His name daily, and ask something in prayer. He keeps those who are His, and in the evil time they shall not be ashamed, they are satisfied in the days of famine. Yes, from Psalm 37, we find those who are blessed by God and those who are cut off from Him forever. The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in His Way. Though a righteous man may start to fall, but GOD CATCHES HIM, BREAKS THAT FALL FROM HAPPENING AND UPHOLDS THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN WITH HIS OWN HAND. PRAISE GOD!


The Greek for "satisfaction" is to the full, suffice, have plenty of, and satiate. I like that word satiate!
Satiate: one who is completely satisfied....for oneself or in a need......to the point of being overdone, so that one could not have room for any more......!
I think of a dry sponge plunged into a sink filled with water........and when I raise the sponge it is dripping with much water. It is satiated, overfilled in the water department.



Psalm 36:7-9....7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. 
8 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. 
9 For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light. NKJV

Satisfied, abundantly with the fullness of God's house are we to look like to the world. As we draw our life from the fountain of life in God, we see light! Our lives are to be depicted....in detail...to be the same as His in that of righteousness (Psalm 33:5) of love (1 John 4:8), and of wisdom and truth ( Colossians 2:3)
Yes, Shelley, I know that. 

In God's rivers of delight are our pleasures. Those of God are those that are spiritual, they are clear as crystal (Revelation 22:1) It is by His Holy Spirit that we become, not only acquainted, but ready to reveal this to others. But to be able to tell others, we must first make a habit of visiting with the Lord daily through the Word, through Worship and through Prayer. Our hearts must be satiated in the things of God. Our hearts should be plunged into the Rivers of delight that is of God as in Revelation 22:1.

It is in Him that we live, and move and have our being. So each of us will have fruit in our lives. We will have more than enough food, more than enough water, more than enough love and vision for a lifetime. In His light we have a Perfection of Who God is, and we gain it in having His wisdom, His knowledge, His joy and able to give it to others in a vast amount! There is no holding back! As we freely allow His waters to flow into our lives, they will freely flow into another's life. But if we cut off ourselves and drink from the world's supply of putrid waters, all we will have for another is .....a putrid puddle! That puddle is one that is corrupted by the follower going after worldly things.

Taken from "PUDDLE JUMPERS".....A BLOG I wrote from.......February 27...2015.
 Having to get from point A to point B certainly can take some effort and work when dealing with other people.  But anyone knows that some people just create mud puddles, and are known as puddle jumpers. They like making things hard, difficult, and sometimes just hard to understand. But truly having God and His favor causes us to have a shield of favor. That when God our Father favors us, He surrounds with a shield where the mud from those puddle jumpers just rolls off us. When God our Father is for us, then all other things must bow to the name of Jesus.

SATISFIED!
For me, it looks like this! When I was a young child I remember going to a Theater to see a movie. The cartoon came on at the beginning. It was in black and white..........and looked a lot like a mouse whistling down this roadway out in a country area, but as he kept walking and kept whistling and singing, the scene started to change, and the black & white became a screen filled with color. He, the mouse, then had color, and his clothes had color. (yeah, a mouse wearing clothes, can you imagine?) 
But I think about this when I see something new that God is doing, not only in my life, but in those around me. I see that black & white become the bright color of life much like the rainbow that is over the Throne of God!


Revelation 4:2-3...... 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. NKJV

Those satisfied are the radiant.....they have a glowing face that beams with a glad heart and a voice of faith in the One Who created them! Psalm 34:4-7... 4 I sought the LORD and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked to HIM and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. NKJV

Radiance is that beaming with all that God is.......and it is being given to a world in much hurt and pain!

Father, thank You for Jesus. We are not ashamed of the Gospel. For it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes; first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.  For in it, the righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." (Rom. 1:16-17)
Father, You say that the steps of a good man are ordered by You. We pray that our steps are ordered by YOU and that we follow every direction You desire for us to walk out for YOUR glory. We desire to be those with a radiant face and a glowing heart that speaks truth in that darkness where some people reside. We desire to speak the LIGHT of YOUR Word and see the darkness dispelled.
We expect that no righteous desire will be left unfilled. We are those who have sought the face of God......to see Him in the sanctuary........Our heart said to YOU, "Your face, LORD, we will seek. (Psalm 27:8) Even though our father and mother make forsake us, then the LORD will take care of us." We believe YOU to strengthen our hearts, and see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
We give praise for YOUR goodness to us........now bless the works of our hands for YOUR kingdom in Jesus' name.(1 Cor 10:31.....31 Therefore, whether you (we) eat or drink, or whatever you (we) do, do all to the glory of God. NKJV)
 Amen.



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