Post by Les Brewer on Jun 29, 2012 5:34:35 GMT
"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!" by Pastor Robert Oliver
I Kings 20:13 says~ "And, Behold, there Came a 'Prophet' unto Ahab, king of Israel, saying, THUS SAITH THE LORD, Hast Thou 'Seen' All This Great Multitude? Behold, 'I' WILL DELIVER IT INTO THINE 'HAND' THIS DAY; and THOU SHALT 'KNOW' THAT I AM THE LORD!"
Oh My Beloved Believers, What an 'Amazing' Passage we Have Here today to "Investigate!" Benhadad, king of 'Syria', has "Surrounded" Samaria in ISRAEL with a Confederacy of "32" Nations and their Armies, in order to "Annihilate" ISRAEL!!! BUT GOD, in verse 13, Sends a 'Message' to HIS People! I See "6" things that Absolutely 'Jump' off the Page for Us to Consider here:
First, Notice that GOD 'ALWAYS' HAS A "MESSENGER!" He says~ "And, Behold, There 'CAME' A PROPHET!" Oh How I 'Love' this, Because Right In the 'Midst' of ISRAEL'S Calamity, GOD "SENDS" A PROPHET! Listen now, No Matter 'What' You May Be Going Through Child of GOD, GOD HAS A "MESSENGER FOR YOU!!!" It May be a 'Sermon' on the Radio as You're Driving to Work! It May Be a Brother or Sister from Church who 'Calls' you to tell you they're 'Praying' for You! It may be a Little 'Child' who Hugs you and tells you they 'Love' You! But No Matter 'What' You're Facing, 'GOD' Has a "MESSENGER FOR YOU!!!"
But Secondly, Notice "WHO" the Messenger is SENT TO! The BIBLE Says~ "AND, Behold, There CAME A PROPHET 'UNTO' AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL!" Oh Yes Indeed Beloved Saints, GOD 'Sends' HIS Messenger Right to the Wicked "LEADER" of 'HIS' PEOPLE! But Why??? "Why" Would GOD Send 'Him' to the Evil Ruler of "HIS" People? Listen now, this is Critically 'Important' today: It's Because GOD 'Wants' HIS People to "Know", that Even When the 'WICKED' are in Positions of Leadership, "HE IS STILL IN CONTROL!!!" Did You 'Hear' Me? Let Me Make a Statement Church: I Don't Really Care "WHO" Is Sitting In the White House in Washington, Because "GOD IS IN CONTROL, NOT MAN!!!"
Ok But Thirdly, Notice the "ORIGIN" Of His Message! He Says~ "And, Behold, there Came a Prophet unto Ahab, king of Israel, Saying, THUS 'SAITH' THE LORD!" Wow! Did You 'Hear' that? The Prophet 'tells' Evil Ahab~ "I've Got a MESSAGE FROM GOD FOR YOU!" Oh Beloved, No Matter How "DARK" the Tunnel May Be that You're Going Through, 'GOD' Himself Has "A MESSAGE FOR YOU!" And 'HE' Has a "MESSAGE OF HOPE", a "MESSAGE OF DELIVERANCE", a "MESSAGE OF VICTORY!!!"
Alright But Fourthly, Notice the "QUESTION" that 'GOD' Asks! The SCRIPTURE Says~ "AND BEHOLD, THERE CAME A PROPHET UNTO AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU 'SEEN' ALL THIS GREAT MULTITUDE?" What??? Did You 'Catch' That? 'GOD' Asks the King~ "DO YOU 'SEE' THE CIRCUMSTANCE, THE PROBLEM, THE 'DIFFICULTY' THAT YOU ARE FACING?" Now, I Don't Know about You, But I Really 'Love' How GOD Puts HIS Divine "Finger" Right on the 'Problem' that We're In, and Says~ "DO YOU 'SEE' THIS SITUATION" You're Facing? HE Says~ "I Want to 'Talk' to You About This Giant!!!"
But Fifthly, Observe GOD'S "PROMISE" To HIS Children! The Text Says~ "AND BEHOLD, THERE CAME A PROPHET UNTO AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU SEEN ALL THIS GREAT MULTITUDE? BEHOLD, I WILL 'DELIVER' IT INTO THINE 'HAND' THIS DAY!" Oh Me Oh My Beloved, Did You Happen to 'Catch' That PROMISE? Don't Miss this Now! Samaria is "SURROUNDED BY THIRTY-TWO KINGS AND THEIR VAST ARMIES!!!" But GOD MAKES A "PROMISE" TO HIS PEOPLE!!! It's a "PROMISE OF VICTORY!" And 'When' GOD "PROMISES" TO DELIVER US FROM OUR ENEMIES, "YOU CAN COUNT ON IT THAT HE WILL!!!" Now, What I really 'Love' About this Most of All, is that 'Ahab' and the ISRAELITES Did Not Have to "DO ANYTHING" in Order to 'Gain' the Victory "EXCEPT BELIEVE GOD'S PROMISE!!!" Did You "See" that? GOD Did 'Not' Say~ "YOU" Will DELIVER, HE SAID "I" WILL DELIVER "YOU!!!" Beloved One, 'Learn' to "LEAN & DEPEND" Upon GOD'S "PROMISES!" They NEVER FAIL!!! My Wife Has a 'Little' Book Entitled~ "ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE!" And She 'Regularly' Claims them! The Question is: "DO YOU?"
Ok But Finally, Sixthly, Notice the "RESULT" of DIVINE DELIVERANCE! The BIBLE says~ "AND BEHOLD, THERE CAME A PROPHET UNTO AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU SEEN ALL THIS GREAT MULTITUDE? BEHOLD, I WILL DELIVER IT INTO THINE HAND THIS DAY, AND THOU SHALT 'KNOW' THAT I AM THE LORD!" Oh My Goodness Yes!!! Beloved Believer, Listen Very Carefully Now: 'When' GOD Brings You Victory 'OVER' Your TRIAL, the Blessed 'RESULT' IS, That You WILL "KNOW HIM MORE INTIMATELY!!!" You Will "KNOW" That HE "IS GOD", and That HE "IS IN CONTROL", and that HE "IS YOUR DELIVERER!!!" So Dear Friend, My 'Word' to You today is: "Learn to Lean On GOD, Trusting 'HIM' in Every Situation, For HE Is ABLE TO 'DO' EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE, 'ALL' THAT YOU ASK OR THINK OR NEED!!!" Blessings to All, and Shalom...
I Kings 20:13 says~ "And, Behold, there Came a 'Prophet' unto Ahab, king of Israel, saying, THUS SAITH THE LORD, Hast Thou 'Seen' All This Great Multitude? Behold, 'I' WILL DELIVER IT INTO THINE 'HAND' THIS DAY; and THOU SHALT 'KNOW' THAT I AM THE LORD!"
Oh My Beloved Believers, What an 'Amazing' Passage we Have Here today to "Investigate!" Benhadad, king of 'Syria', has "Surrounded" Samaria in ISRAEL with a Confederacy of "32" Nations and their Armies, in order to "Annihilate" ISRAEL!!! BUT GOD, in verse 13, Sends a 'Message' to HIS People! I See "6" things that Absolutely 'Jump' off the Page for Us to Consider here:
First, Notice that GOD 'ALWAYS' HAS A "MESSENGER!" He says~ "And, Behold, There 'CAME' A PROPHET!" Oh How I 'Love' this, Because Right In the 'Midst' of ISRAEL'S Calamity, GOD "SENDS" A PROPHET! Listen now, No Matter 'What' You May Be Going Through Child of GOD, GOD HAS A "MESSENGER FOR YOU!!!" It May be a 'Sermon' on the Radio as You're Driving to Work! It May Be a Brother or Sister from Church who 'Calls' you to tell you they're 'Praying' for You! It may be a Little 'Child' who Hugs you and tells you they 'Love' You! But No Matter 'What' You're Facing, 'GOD' Has a "MESSENGER FOR YOU!!!"
But Secondly, Notice "WHO" the Messenger is SENT TO! The BIBLE Says~ "AND, Behold, There CAME A PROPHET 'UNTO' AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL!" Oh Yes Indeed Beloved Saints, GOD 'Sends' HIS Messenger Right to the Wicked "LEADER" of 'HIS' PEOPLE! But Why??? "Why" Would GOD Send 'Him' to the Evil Ruler of "HIS" People? Listen now, this is Critically 'Important' today: It's Because GOD 'Wants' HIS People to "Know", that Even When the 'WICKED' are in Positions of Leadership, "HE IS STILL IN CONTROL!!!" Did You 'Hear' Me? Let Me Make a Statement Church: I Don't Really Care "WHO" Is Sitting In the White House in Washington, Because "GOD IS IN CONTROL, NOT MAN!!!"
Ok But Thirdly, Notice the "ORIGIN" Of His Message! He Says~ "And, Behold, there Came a Prophet unto Ahab, king of Israel, Saying, THUS 'SAITH' THE LORD!" Wow! Did You 'Hear' that? The Prophet 'tells' Evil Ahab~ "I've Got a MESSAGE FROM GOD FOR YOU!" Oh Beloved, No Matter How "DARK" the Tunnel May Be that You're Going Through, 'GOD' Himself Has "A MESSAGE FOR YOU!" And 'HE' Has a "MESSAGE OF HOPE", a "MESSAGE OF DELIVERANCE", a "MESSAGE OF VICTORY!!!"
Alright But Fourthly, Notice the "QUESTION" that 'GOD' Asks! The SCRIPTURE Says~ "AND BEHOLD, THERE CAME A PROPHET UNTO AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU 'SEEN' ALL THIS GREAT MULTITUDE?" What??? Did You 'Catch' That? 'GOD' Asks the King~ "DO YOU 'SEE' THE CIRCUMSTANCE, THE PROBLEM, THE 'DIFFICULTY' THAT YOU ARE FACING?" Now, I Don't Know about You, But I Really 'Love' How GOD Puts HIS Divine "Finger" Right on the 'Problem' that We're In, and Says~ "DO YOU 'SEE' THIS SITUATION" You're Facing? HE Says~ "I Want to 'Talk' to You About This Giant!!!"
But Fifthly, Observe GOD'S "PROMISE" To HIS Children! The Text Says~ "AND BEHOLD, THERE CAME A PROPHET UNTO AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU SEEN ALL THIS GREAT MULTITUDE? BEHOLD, I WILL 'DELIVER' IT INTO THINE 'HAND' THIS DAY!" Oh Me Oh My Beloved, Did You Happen to 'Catch' That PROMISE? Don't Miss this Now! Samaria is "SURROUNDED BY THIRTY-TWO KINGS AND THEIR VAST ARMIES!!!" But GOD MAKES A "PROMISE" TO HIS PEOPLE!!! It's a "PROMISE OF VICTORY!" And 'When' GOD "PROMISES" TO DELIVER US FROM OUR ENEMIES, "YOU CAN COUNT ON IT THAT HE WILL!!!" Now, What I really 'Love' About this Most of All, is that 'Ahab' and the ISRAELITES Did Not Have to "DO ANYTHING" in Order to 'Gain' the Victory "EXCEPT BELIEVE GOD'S PROMISE!!!" Did You "See" that? GOD Did 'Not' Say~ "YOU" Will DELIVER, HE SAID "I" WILL DELIVER "YOU!!!" Beloved One, 'Learn' to "LEAN & DEPEND" Upon GOD'S "PROMISES!" They NEVER FAIL!!! My Wife Has a 'Little' Book Entitled~ "ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE!" And She 'Regularly' Claims them! The Question is: "DO YOU?"
Ok But Finally, Sixthly, Notice the "RESULT" of DIVINE DELIVERANCE! The BIBLE says~ "AND BEHOLD, THERE CAME A PROPHET UNTO AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU SEEN ALL THIS GREAT MULTITUDE? BEHOLD, I WILL DELIVER IT INTO THINE HAND THIS DAY, AND THOU SHALT 'KNOW' THAT I AM THE LORD!" Oh My Goodness Yes!!! Beloved Believer, Listen Very Carefully Now: 'When' GOD Brings You Victory 'OVER' Your TRIAL, the Blessed 'RESULT' IS, That You WILL "KNOW HIM MORE INTIMATELY!!!" You Will "KNOW" That HE "IS GOD", and That HE "IS IN CONTROL", and that HE "IS YOUR DELIVERER!!!" So Dear Friend, My 'Word' to You today is: "Learn to Lean On GOD, Trusting 'HIM' in Every Situation, For HE Is ABLE TO 'DO' EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE, 'ALL' THAT YOU ASK OR THINK OR NEED!!!" Blessings to All, and Shalom...
