His Life for Your Life
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 20:35-43. Let’s go!
On verses 35-36: This is an odd story, but what can we learn from it? When you don’t obey God’s Word, you become vulnerable to the attack of the enemy, whom the Bible describes elsewhere as a lion looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). As strange as God’s Word might sometimes seem to finite people like us, God’s Word is there for our protection. We’re much better off trusting in God’s Word than trusting in ourselves.
On verses 37-43: Disguising himself as a wounded soldier, the prophet meets King Ahab and tells him, “I agreed to guard a prisoner with my life, but the prisoner got away.” King Ahab responds, “Then you must pay with your life since you let the prisoner get away.” The prophet takes off his disguise and tells King Ahab that King Ahab is guilty of the same sin: Ahab let King Ben-Hadad of Aram get away when the Lord had intended that Ben-Hadad should die (v42). As a result, King Ahab would be destined to die in place of Ben-Hadad and the Israelites would suffer in place of the Arameans. Upon hearing this news Ahab returns home “sullen and angry” (v43).

