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  In 2nd Kings 22, the wicked king Ahab has found out that God has set up a plan to get him killed. He had been trying to get the king of Judah, Jehoshapat, to unite with him in battle against the king of Aram.

  But Jehoshaphat was hesitant, not sure that the prophets Ahab had brought forth to foretell God's blessing were really on the up and up. So, the prophet Micaiah is brought in, even though he’s never been pro-Ahab.  Ahab expects Micaiah to be against his idea; however, Micaiah says do it, it’s all part of God’s plan to knock off Ahab.

  Yet, this revelation doesn’t make Ahab cancel his attack. Instead, he tries to fool God.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.

1st Kings 22:30 

  At first, his ruse appears to work. The enemies’ orders are to attack Ahab personally, and they go after Jehoshaphat, thinking it’s Ahab. When they see that Ahab isn’t there, they turn away. Ahab thinks he has hidden himself in the masses.

  But then a random archer fires a random arrow that just hits Ahab in a random place that proves to be a fatal wound.

  Maybe it wasn’t so random after all?

  Many folks operated with the same mindset. We think we do what we want, even if it's not right, if we can hide ourselves in the process. We mummer anonymously, we hide in good deeds, we cover up the motives with confusion, all thinking we can fool God.

 We can’t. You might fool the world, or your allies, or even your enemies, but God sees through our disguises for what we really are.

 

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