Stand Out

So this post is about a prophet who was not remembered for his honesty but still served God wholeheartedly despite the fact. His name is Micaiah. In 2nd Chronicles 16-18, we read about the reign of Jehoshaphat and how he and his father Asa were among the few kings of Judah during that time that actually worshiped God. The rest served idols and Baals and every now and then when a good king came up, you can read that they tore down the high places and the alters of Baal or something like that. God blessed Jehoshaphat and Judah because their king followed Him and He strengthened the nation so that the surrounding nations were afraid of them. Their very own enemies gave them gifts so that they would not go to war. In chapter 17 it is recorded of the captains that lead up to 300,000 men!!! That's three-hundred thousand if you like it spelled out!!(It kinda looks larger this way hehe) Anyway, Jehoshaphat, this awesome king, made an alliance- through a marriage- to the king of Israel, King Ahab- who was an evil and wicked king. And Ahab asked Jehoshaphat if he would go with him(Ahab) to war with Ramoth Gilead. Jehoshaphat agreed that he would go because his people are like the people of Israel, but he said that they should inquire of the Lord whether they should or should not go.
So Ahab brought in his four hundred prophets to prophecy unto him whether or not God would bring them to victory and they all said "Go for God is with you."
But Jehoshaphat inquired whether or not there was still another prophet that he could listen to and Ahab said that there was one named Micaiah but he chose not to listen to Micaiah because he always brought bad news. Jehoshaphat told him not to speak like that and asked Micaiah whether or not they should go and Micaiah said that he saw the kingdom of God and heard Him ask "Who shall go and persuade Ahab to go to war?" and a spirit came and said that it would become a lying spirit that would come upon all the prophets of Ahab so that they will lie and let Ahab be conquered in battle.
Long story short... Ahab decides to go to war undercover and dresses like a common soldier and Jehoshaphat dresses in his robes and when they go to war and the enemy surrounds Jehoshaphat, he immediately gets down and prays to the Lord and the people get distracted, then they realize that its not Ahab and they leave Jehoshaphat. While this is going on, a soldier shoots an arrow at random and hits Ahab and he dies moments later.

Anyways the idea is that Micaiah was honest about what he saw and didn't lie about it. I personally like this story because it all ended up working out according to God's plan. Ahab even tried to disguise himself yet God knew exactly where he was.

We, as people, still hide among the rest of the people in the world, though we have been called out. We can't stay hidden forever, we have to break out of our comfort zones and lead people towards God like Jehoshaphat did to his people. He got rid of the impurities and set up the nation of Judah back on God's Word. It's not an easy thing to do but it's some thing that we've got to make happen.