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. Now
the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, "Do not fight with
anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel." When the chariot
commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, "This is the king of
Israel." So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the
LORD helped him. God drew them away from him, for when the chariot commanders
saw that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him. But someone
drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his
armor. The king told the chariot driver, "Wheel around and get me out of
the fighting. I've been wounded." (2 Chronicles 18:29-33)
Jehoshapat, the king of Judah, who
was God fearing made an unholy alliance with Ahab, the wicked king of Israel.
This almost killed him, but for the mercy of the Lord. The Lord drew the enemy
away from him and he was saved. But look what happened to the wicked king who
devised the plan to save himself in war by making Jehoshapat look like the king
that the enemy were after. The Bible says, "someone drew his bow at random
and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armor"
It was not just something that
happened by chance. It was God's judgment on the wicked king.
Are you in an unholy alliance? It may
lead to your downfall. Cry to the Lord for mercy and he will save you as he
saved Jehoshapat.
The Bible is very clear regarding
unholy alliances. the Apostle Paul writing to the Corinthians says,
"Do not be yoked together with
unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what
fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ
and Belial ? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What
agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple
of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among
them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
"Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no
unclean thing, and I will receive you." "I will be a Father to you,
and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." (2
Corinthians 6:14-18)
Being yoked together with
unbelievers, wickedness, darkness, Belial, Idols... all these are definite
danger signals for the believer. Check your life this day. Keep yourself clean.
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