Do you follow the "flair" of the speaker, or the "content" of the speaker? Obadiah

Obadiah

As we read this one chapter book, we must submit ourselves to the teaching of someone we know nothing about.  All we know about Obadiah is contained in these twenty-one verses.   We don't know if he was a shepherd (like Amos); a priest (like Habakuk), or a son of royalty (like Zephaniah).  He was a prophet, like the others, because God declared him a prophet.   He is contained in the Bible as one of the Minor Prophets, even though we have to resume, reputation or rational for his being selected by God to be His spokes person.  Typically in the first few verses God delivers for us the story behind the author of the book.   Instead, for Obadiah, here is what we get:

 Obadiah 1:1
​ The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom—
We have heard a report from the Lord,
And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“Arise and let us go against her for battle”—

What does this teach us?  In a time when our society is so captivated by "men" and their flare and fame, God was in the business, at least with Obadiah, to diminish the man and to exalt the message.   Unlike the world today, God was not concerned with WHO delivered the message but by WHAT the message was.    Edom (another name for Esau, Jacob's older brother) was about to be brought to task for his ill treatment of Jacob (Israel) throughout the ages.   That is the message that God is delivering (God is knowledgable and concerned about how we treat our brothers ... His children).   God is more concerned with us understanding the content and less concerned that we are impressed with the spokesmen.  That is not the world we live in today.  In today's modern church movement the Person is followed more than the content of the Preaching.   We are impressed with flair, appeal and presence and less concerned bout truth.   We are excited about delivery and ignorant about doctrine.   Obadiah was just a guy God used to carry the message.   He didn't that much of himself to include his bio in the beginning chapters.   He is just a guy who is obedient to his God.   His humility is a reflection of Christ.  Isaiah tells us that when Christ was to come he would not have a manner that would be electric ... no one would desire Him.   It is interesting who today's modern "Messengers" for God try to dress pedestrian (to feign commonness), only to create a look that is acute and notable for modern preachers to establish their "image."   Obadiah should be our hero.  Speak the Word and keep self out of it.