2 Chronicles 18:12-13
And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.” But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what my God says, that I will speak.”
Tag: Speak for God No Matter What!
In the above passage we jump right into the middle of a story already unfolding and developing. The King of Israel (wicked King Ahab) and the King of Judah (Jehoshaphat) are having a conclave. Ahab is asking Jehoshaphat to join him in a war against the Syrians. The only way Jehoshaphat will go to war is to hear from a prophet of God. To accommodate, Ahab marches out 400 prophets and they All say to go to war together and that God will give them a victory. However, Jehoshaphat must have suspected something as he ask for another prophet. Enter Micaiah, stage left. Micaiah is asked about going to war and the above passage comes into play. This prophet, unlike the others, prophesies that the King of Israel (Ahab) will die. He is “asked” by the king to NOT prophesy bad things. Yet, he only wants to speak for God and not for man. He fears God more than he fears man. Perhaps Micaiah had the words of Solomon in his head when he approached this assignment:
Proverbs 29:25-26
The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
Many seek the face of a ruler,
but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice.
Rather than seek the favor of a king, Micaiah decided to speak for THE KING of KINGS. We can often, in our counsel for others be persuaded to want to say things that please them. However, our mission out to be the same as Micaiah: ... what my God says, that I will speak!! We are to give counsel from God’s Word no matter if they threaten to hurt us, hinder us, harm us or ignore us. We must speak what God tells us to speak. What he tells us to speak is contained in His Word. We are to speak His Word and that will suffice no matter what we are asked.
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