Rhapsody of Realities 30 November 2024: Consult the Spirit For Guidance in All Things
Scripture: Leviticus 19:31 MSG “Don’t dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums; you’ll pollute your souls. I am God, your God.
In 1 Samuel 28:7-23, we read about the desperate act of King Saul when he sought out a woman practicing divination to call up the spirit of Samuel, though Samuel had already died. Saul, troubled and without divine guidance, resorted
to something forbidden, consulting with a medium- a witch.
The Bible makes it clear that Saul’s actions were grievous to God. Saul knew God’s law but deliberately sought out a familiar spirit. In 1 Chronicles 10:13-14, the Bible confirms Saul’s disobedience, stating that Saul died for his transgression of seeking counsel from one with a familiar spirit.
Saul knew this was wrong as he had driven out witches and wizards from the land as seen in 1 Samuel 28:9. Yet, in his desperation, he turned to the very evil he had once condemned. God had given an instruction in Exodus 22:18: “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” He had also explicitly forbidden consulting familiar spirits: “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God” (Leviticus19:31).
Also, Deuteronomy 18:10-12 says, “There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord…”. Furthermore, Isaiah 8:19-20 warns: ”And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
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Don’t consult with mediums; it’s not of God. Divination is wrong in all forms, whether consulting familiar spirits of the living, the dead, or demons. It’s wrong to seek the future by consulting the spirits of the dead. Instead, you’re to consult the Holy Spirit for guidance concerning anything in life, and He lives in you. Glory to God!
PRAYER: Dear Father, thank you for the light of your Word that guides me in all things. I’m led by the Holy Spirit and filled with your wisdom and truth. My heart is stayed on you, and I walk in the counsel of your Word in all things, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Leviticus 19:31 AMPC
Turn not to those [mediums] who have familiar spirits or to wizards; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14
So Saul died for his trespass against the Lord [in sparing Amalek], for his unfaithfulness in not keeping God’s word, and also for consulting [a medium with] a spirit of the dead to inquire pleadingly of it,
14 And inquired not so of the Lord [in earnest penitence]. Therefore the Lord slew him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
John 16:13
But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future].
1 – YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: 1 John 1-2:1-14 & Ezekiel 43-44
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Revelation 4:1-11 & Hosea 13-14
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