1 Kings 22:15-28 ESV
15 And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered him, “Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” 16 But the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?” 17 And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’” 18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?” 19 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; 20 and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 23 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”
24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?” 25 And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.” 26 And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son, 27 and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, until I come in peace.” 28 And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you peoples!”
UNASHAMED.
The king of Israel asked him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” In the presence of a hostile crowd, he refused to be intimidated. Whatever he received from the Lord, he articulated everything before the king, unedited and uncensored.
Everyone did not like what they heard . Thus, Zedekiah slapped him on the cheek. For this, he assured Zedekiah that he would he would be hiding in his room when the defeat would happen. The king had instructed to incarcerate and starve him until his return from battle. Against such presumption, Micaiah made a bold statement, that is, “If you return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you peoples!”
A man of strong faith will always stand in the time of the crucible. He who fears God above all has nothing else to fear. Jesus said, “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”[Matt 10:28] Standing for jesus will surely pay off. He promised that, “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.”[Mark 8:35]
Today like Micaiah, let’s stand unashamed for our God. Why? “For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” [Mark 8:38]
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