DCLM Daily Manna 31 May 2022
KEY VERSE: “And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so” (2 CHRONICLES 18:7).
TEXT: 2 CHRONICLES 18:1-12 (KJV)
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 Also 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?”
So they said, “Go up, for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.”
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 isMicaiah 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 theirrobes, 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.”
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.”
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A governor in one of the states in an African country lamented that his country’s leaders detest the truth. He was quoted as saying: “…A strategic leader must be willing to hear the truth and to learn. However, telling the truth and accepting it when told the same, have been our major problems. Some people will never tell you the truth when you are in power and honestly, many of us in power also do not want to hear the truth. We prefer to be told what we like to hear and that is a serious deficit in strategic leadership.”
Those who hate God hate the truth. In our text, Ahab has been known to hate anything that concerns God. His evil ways had made him a chronic enemy of God. With him were lying prophets who profiteer from telling lies and counterfeiting the true God. They delighted in telling King Ahab only what he wanted to hear and not what he should hear.
A lesson for believers is in the steadfastness of Prophet Micaiah. Despite the fact that the king hated him, he chose to remain on the side of God. Even when he was cajoled to follow the path of others by favouring King Ahab, he stood his ground.
Believers must learn to stand by their convictions in spite of the pressure to compromise. We must never follow the multitudes to do evil. Even when things become too difficult to be on God’s side, when it appears you are standing alone, remember that He never let them down that honour Him.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: One with God is majority.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: HAGGAI 1-2
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Daily Manna 31 May 2022
