CAN GOD COUNT ON YOU AS A MICAIAH OF THIS GENERATION?

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For TUESDAY, 14TH MARCH, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic: CAN GOD COUNT ON YOU AS A MICAIAH OF THIS GENERATION? 

MEMORIZE: "When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall." Proverbs 29:16

SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Kings 22:13-28.

“And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. 15 ¶ So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.  21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.  26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

EXPOSITION:

Micaiah whose name mean “who is like Yah” The son of Imlah, the chief character of an important episode near the end of the reign of Ahab (1 Kings 22:4-28 parallel 2 Chronicles 18:3-27). Ahab had suggested to his friend, Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, that they should undertake a joint campaign against Ramoth-gilead. Jehoshaphat politely agreed, but asked that the mind of Yahweh should first be ascertained. Ahab forthwith summoned the official prophets to the number of 400, into the royal presence. Submissive to their master, they, both by oracular utterance and by the symbolic action of their leader, Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, gave the king a favorable answer. Their ready chorus of assent seems to have made Jehoshaphat suspicious, for he pleaded that further guidance be sought. Micaiah, for whom Ahab, then, with evident reluctance, sent, at first simply repeated the favorable response of the 400; but adjured by the king to speak the whole truth, he dropped his ironical tone, and in sad earnest described a vision of disaster. Ahab endeavored to lessen the effect of this oracle by complaining that Micaiah was always to him a prophet of evil. The latter thereupon related an impressive vision of the heavenly court, whence he had seen a lying spirit dispatched by Yahweh to the prophets in order to bring about Ahab's delusion and downfall. In answer to a rude challenge from Zedekiah, who acted as spokesman for the 400, Micaiah confidently appealed to the issue for proof of the truth of his prediction, and was promptly commuted to prison by the king. 

LESSONS TO LEARN FROM MICAIAH

* Micaiah was known for his bravery - he was sidelined because of his message of truth.

* Though hated, yet he would not stop warning & preaching.

* When he was later consulted, he was told to lie.

* He was imprisoned and was fed with bread & water of affliction, yet delivered the message with sign from God.

* He confronted king Ahab and his prophets of Baal with the truth. They were filled with spirit of lie to lure Ahab to his death.

* He stood out for God against the 400 fake prophets uncompromisingly.

* He was not ashamed to suffer persecution for God's sake.

GOD IS STILL SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER MICAIAH! 

"30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none." Ezekiel 22:30

* God needs men and women like Micaiah, who will not fear or favor men. Paul rebuked Peter in order to restore him back unto God. What are doing to restore the wayward back to God?

* Men who will not be afraid of men's punishment, prison or even death.

* Men who will speak out not mind hatred or criticism.

* Men who will not want praise of men. 

* Men who are not glutton; who will not let national cake (gifts) to blind them.

MY DECISION: Lord, I make myself available for your use. I detach myself from every worldly enticement that can silent me. I refused to be and agent of lie and deceit - a messenger of doom. I receive grace to stand out in my generation for Christ andhis righteousness in Jesus name. What is your own decision for Christ in your life?

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Ruth 1 - 4.

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