In Disguise Is Hypocricy

Today's Journal

 

1 Kings 14:1-4

 ¹ At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick. ² Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise now, and disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who spoke concerning me that I would be king over this people. ³ Take ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

⁴ Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were ^[a]dim because of his age.

Message:
Jeroboam sends his wife to inquire of the prophet Ahijah, concerning the health of his son.  In doing so, he gives her contradictory directions:  she is to go to and ask of the prophet who by God's enabling can see their son's future, but to disguise herself so he won't know who she is!

Now a days, many are like Jeroboam’s wife pretending to be somebody, are you? This really makes no sense, in disguise is but simply hypocrisy.

Promise:
God knows what has happened and what could have happened In the past, in the present, and in the future.

Warning:
We can’t hide our true identity.

Command:
It’s just so easy to wear the disguise. Today is the day to take off the disguise and be true to yourself, our integrity is what God’s count. If we truly want the character of Christ, we must expose our weaknesses, shed our hypocrisy and stop pretending. God calls us to BE TRANSPARENT.

Application:
He wants us to be real. He wants us to be the people He’s created us to be. He likes the real you and me more than He likes the fake roles we so often play. He wants us to live securely in the love that He has for us which is eternal and unconditional.