1 Kings 22:29-40 Click here for Bible Verses
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 22:29-40. Let’s go!
1 Kings 22:30 (NIV)
30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will enter the battle in disguise, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
On verses 29-40: King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah get ready to fight the King of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. Knowing that the Lord’s prophets had prophesied that he would die instead of the King of Aram (e.g. 1 Kings 20:42), King Ahab disguises himself so that people cannot readily recognize him to be the king. Despite that, “someone” (we don’t know who — it could have been an Aramean, and it also could have been a newbie Israelite soldier) draws his bow at random and ends up hitting King Ahab, wounding him fatally. The king dies and dogs lick up his blood, just as the prophet Elijah had predicted (1 Kings 21:19).
What can we learn from this? You can try to run from God, but you can’t hide from Him. God is sovereign and He will accomplish His purposes no matter what, whether through you or in spite of you. As Psalm 33:10-11 says, “The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.”
Heavenly Father, You are Sovereign and You will have Your way no matter how hard I try to fight. So rather than fighting against You and running away from You, may I always default to surrendering to You and running to You. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
