The Disobedient Prophet

There was lesson brought to me early this morning....It was such a profound lesson that I felt a dire need to share it. It comes from the Bible and is found in 1 Kings Chapter 13.... DISOBEDIENCE is one of man's greatest pitfalls and almost guarantees our DEMISE!!! I encourage all of you who may read this to go ahead and read the parable for yourself...I will paraphrase for those of you who may not have access to a bible at the moment. There was a Man anointed and blessed by God, this man of god was sent on a mission, he was to deliver a message to a King, the message was not pleasant to the King's ears so he stretched out his hand and ordered that the man of god be arrested. The moment he did so his hand withered. The King was terrified and ask the man of god to pray for him, he did and the King's hand was restored. Some onlookers witnessed what the man of god had done and ran to tell the old prophet what they had witnessed immediately, the old prophet went after the man of god and insisted that he must join him at his home for drink and feast and was told this by an angel and that he too was a prophet just like the man of god....The issue was that the man of god was given specific instructions by God that when he was done delivering the message to the King he should not stop any where for food or drink and to be sure to take a different route home than the one he had taken to get to his destination. The old prophet lied he was told no such thing by an angel. The man of god decided to go with the seemingly genuine man, after feasting the man of god went on his way and took the way he was instructed not to, possibly because it was more convenient and he was tired from his journey. Whatever the case may have been he was given very clear instructions.....well during his journey a great lion descended upon him and killed him leaving his body in the road....the story goes on a bit more....but what I learned from this is something vital to spiritual survival...It is important to be obedient to the almighty if we ignore our creator's divine instruction we leave ourselves vulnerable and susceptible to danger...it is important that we do not allow ourselves to be influenced by outside forces that tempt us to do anything other than what we have been instructed to. Initially one might think that God killed the man of god or caused him to die...but in fact God had done a great deal to prevent this man from falling into the grips of death.

Think About This: If you know that you have been given instructions by the spirit of the almighty you would be foolish not to listen. If God tells you dont go a step further i think it would be wise to listen. Dont move a inch further even if you think it is for something good wait for his instruction. Let the ALMIGHTY order your STEPS! You will always be fruitful.

A DISOBEDIENT SPIRT CAN NOT PROSPER!