When the LORD speaks - do you listen or are you angered? 2 Chronicles 18

Good morning everyone! God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

     Well, what is happening in your world?  Did you stand up for Jesus at least once yesterday?  Did you share the good news with anyone. As the expression goes - Rome wasn't built in a day - well the world will not be saved in a day.  But one person, one voice at a time builds a pyramid.  If I share with a 100 people and 10 accept; they share with 100 people and 10 accept, and on and on - can you image the impact this would have on our community, our state, our nation, the world?  Only six levels deep and over a million people have been touched.
    How often do we not wish to hear the truth spoken from God.  If you will read 2 Chronicles 18 you will find Jehoshaphat became very powerful.  He went to visit Ahab, King of Israel.  As they were feasting Ahab asked Jehoshaphat to join him in battle against Ramoth-gilead.  Jehoshaphat said he would join with him but wanted to hear what the prophets said first. Ahab's prophet said yes, go to war and defeat Ramoth-gilead for the LORD would be with them.
   However, Jehoshaphat wanted to hear from a prophet of the LORD; he as Ahab if there was one.  Ahab responded that there was one, Micaiah, but he hated him because he never prophesied anything but trouble for him.  Micaiah came and proclaimed the truth, that Ahab's phophets, 400 of them, would fortell lies about going to war and that Micaiah would be killed.
    This angered Ahab and he had Micaiah cast into prison, given only bread and water until he returned safely.  How often do we want to have answers that only satisfy us.  We become frustrated or angry when we don't "get things our way".  How often is the truth spoken to us; yet we fail to heed and carry on "in God's name" when in fact, it was in our own name.  We are doing what we had planned to do in the beginning.
    To finish the story, Ahab and Jehoshaphat went into battle; Ahab disguised himself and jehoshaphat wore the royal colors.  Then when the battle raged, well, oh you can read it - go to 2 Chronicles 18 .
   Listen to God, do God's will; follow the word of God.  Love you all.
    In Christ's Love and Grace
      Johnny