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My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man, he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend. - Job 16:20-21
In the post “Friend To Help Along The Way”, noted is that God is the Truth and cares for His people. We don’t have a counselor that just tells us what we want to hear, but because of Jesus our intercessor, we have the Holy Spirit to guide us in all we do.
The Truth is God’s Word and we should react to parts of scripture that reprove and correct us with humility. Everyone needs a friend but not all friends will be able to deliver. With Jesus, we have a friend that can! He knows what path to take and what decisions are the best.
Let us worship and give praise today with the song What A Friend We Have In Jesus by Alan Jackson. Sometimes life circumstances seem to be out of control, but we can trust in our Intercessor to help get our circumstances overruled.
We are placed many times throughout life into difficult circumstances. The enemy is constantly plotting to get us off the path and we need a friend to help along the way.
Reading today in 1 Kings 22, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went to see Aham king of Israel who needed a friend to help take some disputed land called Ramoth Gilead against King of Aram. Jehoshaphat told the king of Israel that he wanted to seek the counsel of the Lord.
Most prophets for Israel during that time simply agreed with whatever the king set out to do but Micaiah was different. While the other prophets said the Lord would give the king success, Micaiah prophesized that there would be victory but that the king of Israel would die in the battle. The king of Israel didn’t like what Micaiah prophesized so he had him imprisoned.
Ahab hated the truth when it didn’t agree with him (verse 8). He couldn’t handle the truth (verse 16) and wanted to hear only good news about him (verse 18). He even put the truth teller in prison (verses 26-28). He thought he could hide from the truth by plotting to disguise himself during the battle (verse 30).
Sure enough, Micaiah prophesized correctly as Aham was killed in the battle. This event teaches us that God is the Truth and cares for His people. We don’t have a counselor that just tells us what we want to hear. Because of Jesus, we have the Holy Spirit to guide us in all we do.
The Truth is God’s Word and we should react to parts of scripture that reprove and correct us with humility. Everyone needs a friend but not all friends will be able to deliver. With Jesus, we have a friend that can. He knows what path to take and what decisions are the best. What a friend we have in Jesus!
Father God … we all can get into circumstances that are out of our control, but we trust that You will overrule our circumstances. We rely on Your guidance as we study Your Word today. We are constantly growing in faith as Your grace soothes our soul to produce a heart of goodness. We are thankful that we can come to You because of Your Son. We can pray and spur one another on towards the Way taught by Jesus … our Intercessor in whose name we pray … Amen.
Jesus has paved the way to a clear path so we can constantly go for advice or insight and listen to Holy Spirit for guidance. We know it’s going to be a great day because God has given us the resources needed to step ahead with confidence.
A poem posted at my other blog Step Ahead is inspired by the post “Accomplish the Victory” which emphasizes praying on a regular basis about your aspirations, so they are in alignment with God’s will. Once they are aligned, tasks will come to mind that need to be carried out. One by one, each task done will get you closer to accomplishment and encourage to go further.
Take inspiration from the song One Desire by Hillsong as you dream big today. Keep believing in your dreams and that you have something to offer. Keep praying on a regular basis about your aspirations so that they are in alignment with God’s will.
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